1. The Properties
of Matter
• What is it?
• How do you measure it?
• What is the difference between
mass and weight?
• How do you describe it?

2. Words to know
• Matter • Gravity
• Volume
• Weight
• Meniscus
• Newton
• Mass
• Inertia

3. What is it?
• Matter : Any thing that has
volume or mass.
• Volume: The amount of
Volume
space taken up, or occupied,
by an object.

4. How do you measure it?
• Liters (L) and milliliters (mL) are the
units that are most used to express the
volume of liquid.
• The use of a graduated cylinder aids in
the measuring of liquids. The surface of
the liquid is not flat.
• Meniscus: The curve that you see at the
liquid’s surface.

5. Solids
• The volume of any solid is
expressed in cubic units.
• Cubic meters (m3) or cubic
centimeters (cm3)

6. Gases
• When you measure a gas you need
to know the volume of the container
that it is in. If you know the
volume of the container then you
will know the volume of gas.

7. Mass
• Mass: The amount of matter that
something is made of.
• What is the difference between Mass and
weight?
• Gravity: a force of attraction between
objects that is due to their masses.
• Weight: a measure of the gravitational
force exerted on an object.

8. The Difference is. . .
Mass Weight
• Measure of the • A measure of the
amount of matter in gravitational force
on an object.
an object.
• Varied depending on
• Always constant where the object is in
• Measured with a relation to the Earth.
balance • Measured with a
• Expressed in spring scale.
kilograms (kg), • Expressed in newtons
grams (g), and (N)
milligrams (mg)

9. Inertia
• Newton: The SI unit of force
• Inertia: the tendency of all
objects to resist any change
in motion.

10. Describing Matter: Words
to Know
• Physical Property
• Density
• Chemical Property
• Physical Change
• Chemical Change