What is Matter?

Science, Grade 5

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© Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. 94-4365 Visit www.newpathlearning.com for Online Learning Resources. What is Matter? Everything that you see, smell or touch around you is matter. Even many things that you cannot see, smell, or touch are matter. Describing Matter Matter is anything that takes up space and has mass. The amount of matter in an object is its mass. The more mass an object has, the heavier it is. Living and nonliving things are made of matter, including our clothing, the food we eat, and even the air that we breathe. Air is matter that you can’t see, yet it still takes up space. You can observe this as you blow up a balloon; the air takes up space making the balloon bigger. HELIUM What is Matter?
© Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. 94-4365 Visit www.newpathlearning.com for Online Learning Resources. What is Matter? Pause & Review Study the image. Match the properties or characteristics below to the brick or the feather. Can you think of more? soft hard heavy light red grey long & thin rectangular Feather _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ Brick _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________