4th Grade Matter: Properties of Matter

3. Very hard metals can be used as tools to ____ through other materials.
4. On the hardness scale from one to ten, the hardest material would be marked with the number ____.
5. If you taste an apple, your ____ will help you decide whether it is sweet, sour, salty or bitter.
7. If you lightly tap a vase with a fork, your _____ will hear the sound that is made.
9. Your _____ will quickly tell you what an object smells like.
11. ___________ is a physical property that describes how easily a material can be scratched.
12. You can touch matter to observe it's ___________, helping you tell if it is rough or smooth.
15. ____________ is a characteristic of an object.
16. You can use your five _________ to gather information about objects.
18. A __________ is a material that can pull some kinds of metal toward it.

1. ________ is anything that has mass and takes up space.
2. When you ___________ matter, you put matter with similar properties into groups.
6. Properties such as mass, length and height can be estimated, but we may want to accurately __________ them with tools.
8. Some properties of matter are easy to observe. For example, you can look at the color, size and ________ of some matter.
10. By _________ an apple, you can observe whether it is heavy or light.
13. When you look at something, you use your _____ to gather information about its size, shape and color.
14. If you ________ a lamp with your fingers, you can observe its texture.
16. Softer metals, such as gold or ______, can be used to make jewelry.
17. _____ is an example of a material that is least hard, with a scale number of 1.