GROUP No.

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ACTIVITY 1
WHICH IS MATTER, WHICH IS NOT?

Materials:
1 teaspoon sugar in a plastic cup or small beaker
½ cup tap water
1 piece, stone or small rock
1 piece, balloon
3 pieces of leaves
5 small wide mouthed bottles or cup or 150-mL or 200mL beakers
1 platform balance or weighing scale
1 small air pump

Procedure:
1. Among the materials displayed in front of you, which do you think is classified as
matter?
Put a ( / ) under the appropriate column in Table 1. You may make a table similar
to the one below. With your group mates, discuss the reason to explain your answer
for each sample. Write your answer in the last column.
Table 1
Sample Is the sample matter? Reason for your answer
Yes No Not sure
1. Sugar granules

2. Water

3. Stone

4. Air inside balloon

5. Leaves

6. Smoke

7. Heat

8. Light

2. If your group cannot agree on a common answer, you may put check mark under
“not sure” and write all the reasons given by the members of your group.
Guide Questions:
Q1. What similarities do you observe among the first given samples? Write these common
characteristics.
Answer:

Q2. Do you think that each sample occupies space? Write the reason(s) for your answer.
Answer:

Q3. How about smoke? Does it have mass? Does it occupy space? Explain your answer.
Answer:

Q4. Do you think that heat and light have mass? Do they occupy space? Explain
Answer: