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Properties of Matter

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  • Explain why the metal burns your hand on a slide, but not the rope you climb.
    Metal is a thermal conductor and rope is not. Metal gets very hot, but rope does not.
  • Name 3 things NOT attracted to a magnet.|
    Wood, Plastic, Cotton, Copper, aluminum, etc.
  • Name one object that absorbs heat quickly and one that does not.
    metals AND wood
  • What does thermal conductivity measure?
    how much heat is absorbed
  • What is magnetism?
    The ability to be attracted to a magnet.
  • You test sugar, salt, pepper, and sand, which dissolves and which does not.
    sugar and salt YES / pepper and sand NO
  • Name 3 metals attracted to magnets.
    Iron, Cobalt, Nickle, and ???
  • How hot or cold something is......
    temperature
  • What has mass and takes up space?
    matter
  • What does electrical conductivity measure?
    The ability of matter to allow electricity to flow through it.
  • The size, length, or amount of something, as established by measuring.
    Measurement
  • The amount of space matter takes up. (v)
    volumne
  • Physical and Chemical characteristics of matter used to describe or identify a substance.
    Properties
  • The heaviness of an object!
    weight
  • To use the senses to examine or inspect.
    observe
  • Name 2 objects that can conduct electricity.
    metal spoon and aluminum foil