WHAT IS MATTER MADE OF?

Chapter 12 Lesson 1

BASIC PROPERTIES OF MATTER

Sunlight is NOT matter because: it does NOT take up space. However, AIR is matter. You need it to breathe. Also, if you pump air into a ball, once it is full you will not be able to put more air inside the ball. All objects have PROPERTIES such as solubility, mass, and

BASIC PROPERTIES OF MATTER

Remember: Matter is anything that has MASS and takes up SPACE! Long time ago, a Greek thinker named Democritus said that ALL matter was made up of particles

BASIC PROPERTIES OF MATTER

He said these particles Atom smallest possible particle CANNOT be split into of a substance. smaller parts Although he could not experiment, we now know that matter can be broken down into smaller particles called ATOMS.

BASIC PROPERTIES OF MATTER

An atom is VERY VERY SMALL. You cant see it even with a regular microscope. You need a super microscope.

If you get oxygen and make it smaller, it will not be oxygen anymore, therefore an atom is the smallest possible particle of a substance.
If you make it smaller, it turns into a

JUST TO SHOW YOU HOW SMALL IS SMALL AND HOW BIG IS BIG

ELEMENTS
Hydrogen and oxygen are examples of elements. Element substance that is made up of just one kind of atom. Water is made up of 2 hydrogen atoms and 1 oxygen atom. Therefore, water is

ELEMENTS
Scientists have classified [grouped] elements into several groups. 2 of these groups are METALS and NONMETALS.

Many metals are elements such as GOLD, IRON, and SILVER

STEEL is NOT an element because it is made up of 2 elements iron and carbon

ELEMENTS
Non metals are not shiny and they are dull They also cannot be stretched out because they break easily

Vocabulary you should know:

Atom

Metals, are shiny and can be stretched out

Element
Substance