Unit 1

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

  • What is matter and how does it behave?
  • What are the factors scientists use to classify matter and how is it classified?
  • How can physical and chemical properties of matter be used to distinguish one form of matter from another?
  • How is matter throughout the universe conserved?
  • How does the particle nature of matter change from state to state?
  • How are elements, compounds and mixtures different and how can their characteristics be used to separate them?
  • How have scientists' understanding of the atom evolved?
  • What is an atom and how is it organized?
  • How is the periodic table organized and how can it be used to identify an elements' characteristics?

COMMON AND OTHER ASSESSMENTS

  • Tiered Learning Project
  • Properties Lab
  • Properties Quiz
  • States Quiz
  • Endo/Exothermic Project
  • Matter Test
  • ECM Independent Work
  • ECM Quiz
  • Atomic Theory Essay
  • Periodic Table Activity
  • Atoms and the Periodic Table Test
  • Element Project

VOCABULARY

Matter

Mass

Weight

Volume

Physical Property

Chemical Property

Density

Graduated Cylinder

Electronic Scale

Spring Scale

Meniscus

Displaced

Inertia

Malleability

Ductility

Solubility

Conductivity

Viscosity Reactivity

Flammability

Luster

Constant

Kinetic Theory of Matter

Plasma

Gas

Liquid

Solid

Melting

Vaporization Evaporation

Condensation

Freezing

Deposition Sublimation

Physical Change

Chemical Change

Endothermic

Exothermic

Conservation of Mass

Element

Pure substance

Compound

Mixture

Solution

Solute

Solvent

Concentration

Solubility

Suspension

Colloid

Alloy

Heterogeneous solution

Homogeneous solution

Isotope

Atomic number

Atomic mass

Bohr model

Atomic mass unit Electron

Proton

Neutron

Nucleus

Valence electrons

Periodic table

Chemical symbol

Period

Family

Group

Octet rule

Metal

Metalloid

Nonmetal

Alkali metal

Alkaline earth metal

Transition metal

Halogen

Noble gas

Abundance of Elements

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