Unit 4 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter? Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Unit 4 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter? Florida Benchmark SC.4.P.8.1 Measure and compare objects and materials based on their physical properties including mass, shape, volume, color, hardness, texture, odor, taste … Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Unit 4 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter? Use Your Senses Matter Anything that takes up space and has mass is matter. A characteristic of matter that you can observe or measure directly is a physical property. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Unit 4 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter? Use Your Senses Matter The amount of matter in an object is its mass. Pan balances are used to measure mass. Less massive objects are measured in grams (g). More massive objects are measured in kilograms (kg). Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Describe That! Matter can be described in many ways. Unit 4 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter? Describe That! Matter can be described in many ways. It can be described by hardness, or how easily something can bend or dent. Matter also can be described by size, taste, and color, or how light bounces off an object. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Unit 4 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter? Describe That! Matter can be described by texture, or what something feels like. Matter also can be described by odor and shape, or by an object’s form. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Unit 4 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter? Pump Up the Volume! Volume is how much space an object takes up. Volume is measured in milliliters (mL). Volume can be measured directly or indirectly by using math. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Unit 4 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter? Don’t Be so Dense! Density is a physical property of matter. It is the amount of matter present in a certain volume of a substance. Density indicates how close together the particles in an object are. The density of a substance does not depend on how much matter is present. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Don’t Be so Dense! Objects less dense than water float. Unit 4 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter? Don’t Be so Dense! Objects less dense than water float. Objects more dense than water sink. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Let’s Sort Things Out Matter often is sorted and classified. Unit 4 Lesson 1 What Are Physical Properties of Matter? Let’s Sort Things Out Matter often is sorted and classified. Matter is sorted by shape, mass, texture, color, odor, and hardness. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company