3. PROPERTIES OF MATTER
• MATTER HAS GENERAL AND SPECIFIC PROPERTIES.
• GENERAL PROPERTIES:ARE COMMON TO ALL
MATTER. FOR EXAMPLE, ALL BODIES HAVE MASS
AND VOLUME.
• SPECIFIC PROPERTIES:ARE DIFFERENT FOR EACH
TIPE OF MATTER. FOR EXAMPLE, EACH TYPE OF
MATTER HAS A PARTICULAR COLOR, HARDNESS,
FLEXIBILITY AND DENSITY.
8. • VOLUME IS THE AMOUNT OF
SPACE THAT AN OBJECT
OCCUPIES.
WHAT’S
VOLUME??
9. HOW DO WE
MEASURE
VOLUME??
• VOLUME IS MEASURED IN
LITRES OR MILILITRES,
OLSO CAN BE CUBIC
CENTIMETERS, THIS IS
BECAUSE 1CM IS EQUAL
TO 1ML. MEASURING
CYLINDERS CAN BE USED
TO MEASURE THE VOLUME
OF LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS.
10. LIQUIDS
THE VOLUME OF LIQUIDS IS
MEASURED IN MEASURING
CYLINDERS. THE VALUE OF
THE MEASURING LINE ON
THE CYLINDER IS THE
VOLUME.
11. SOLIDS
THE VOLUME OF REGULAR-
SHAPED SOLIDS IS CALCULATED
WITH SIMPLE MATHEMATICAL
FORMULAS.THE VOLUME OF
IRREGULAR-SHAPED SOLIDS IS
CALCULATED BY THE WATER
DISPLACEMENT METHOD. WHEN A
SOLID IS PLACE IN A LIQUID, THE
LIQUID LEVEL RISES. THIS ALLOWS
US TO CALCULATE THE VOLUME
OF THE SOLID. FOR EXAMPLE, IF
THE LIQUID LEVEL RISES 25
MILILITRES,THE VOLUME OF THE
SOLID IS 25 MILILITRES.
