1. Topic: Matter Review
Essential Question: What physical properties are used to describe matter?

2. Topic: Matter Review Essential Question: What physical properties are used to describe matter?
Matter Anything that has mass and takes up space (volume) Can be solid, liquid, gas or plasma

3. Topic: Matter Review Essential Question: What physical properties are used to describe matter?
Mass The amount of matter in an object Measured in grams (g) Mass is not weight, weight depends on gravity and can change

4. Topic: Matter Review Essential Question: What physical properties are used to describe matter?
Volume The amount of space an object takes up Is measured in mL or cm3 (cubic centimeters) 1 mL= 1 cm3
cm3 mL

5. Topic: Matter Review Essential Question: What physical properties are used to describe matter?
Density The amount of mass in a given volume Measured in g/mL or g/cm3 Formula = mass ÷ volume

6. The smallest unit of matter
Topic: Matter Review Essential Question: What physical properties are used to describe matter?
Atom
The smallest unit of matter
Made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons
From the Greek word: atomos
“a” means not
“tomos” means cuttable

7. Now take some time…
Take 2 minutes to go over your notes and highlight or underline the main ideas that answer the essential question, you should not highlight everything:
Essential question: What physical properties are used to describe matter?

8. Time to use the left hand column
You will now write your own questions using the verbs provided.

9. Topic: Matter Review Essential Question: What physical properties are used to describe matter?
Matter Anything that has mass and takes up space (volume) Can be solid, liquid, gas or plasma
Choose one verb to write your question:
Define
Describe
Compare

10. Topic: Matter Review Essential Question: What physical properties are used to describe matter?
Mass The amount of matter in an object Measured in grams (g) Mass is not weight, weight depends on gravity and can change
Choose one verb to write your question:
Define
Describe
Compare

11. Topic: Matter Review Essential Question: What physical properties are used to describe matter?
Choose one verb to write your question:
Define
Describe
Compare
Volume The amount of space an object takes up Is measured in mL or cm3 (cubic centimeters) 1 mL= 1 cm3
cm3 mL

12. Topic: Matter Review Essential Question: What physical properties are used to describe matter?
Density The amount of mass in a given volume Measured in g/mL or g/cm3 Formula = mass ÷ volume
Choose one verb to write your question:
Define
Describe
Compare

13. The smallest unit of matter
Topic: Matter Review Essential Question: What physical properties are used to describe matter?
Choose one verb to write your question:
Define
Describe
Compare
Atom
The smallest unit of matter
Made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons
From the Greek word: atomos
“a” means not
“tomos” means cuttable

14. Now let’s write a summary
Look at each question you wrote on your own, and answer each question in a complete sentence.