Physical Science

Questions/Sentence Stems that utilize academic language:

1. What evidence is there that matter is conserved in this system? (The amounts before and after weigh the same.)

2. In a closed system, the weight of an object before and after an interaction __________________. (stays the same)

3. When matter seems to vanish, the weight __________ (stays the same) because _____________(the substances such as sugar in water, still remain present in a different form)

4. What would happen to the weight of a drink if you dissolved 10 grams of sugar into a glass of unsweet tea that originally weighed 411 grams? 

5. Would the drink weigh more, less, or the same? 

6. How much would it weigh? (it would weigh more as the sugar is present; 421 grams)