Matter Vocabulary Review
Across
- 8. around you that takes up space is called matter. It
- 9. gets smaller (contracts) because it's cooled. The cold
- 10. contraction is the opposite of thermal expansion. It's when
- 11. is how tightly packed the particles in an object are. If
- 13. Volume is how much space something takes up. If you pour water
- 15. is a measure of how much matter is in something. It's not the
- 16. the particles down and they take up less space.
- 18. up more space.
- 19. a cup, the amount of space the water occupies is its volume.
Down
- 1. They're so tiny, you can't see them with just your eyes!
- 2. like air.
- 3. it's less dense.
- 4. it's heated. The heat makes the particles move faster and
- 5. of
- 6. things you can see, like tables and cats, and things you
- 7. are close together, the object is dense. If they're spread
- 10. phases of matter are the different forms matter can take -
- 12. liquids, and gases. They each behave differently based on
- 14. their particles move.
- 16. as weight, which can change if you go somewhere like the
- 17. Particles are the super small bits that make up everything in the
- 20. expansion happens when something gets bigger (expands)