Internet Scavenger Hunt

Matter and Molecules

Directions:

Today you will be conducting an Internet scavenger hunt to find out some interesting facts about matter.There are 5 websites, and you will visit each one by going to the URL that is listed.

•  There are 2 questions that will be answered by browsing or searching the website.

•  Write the answers to the question in the space provided.

•  As you search the matter websites, start thinking of your own questions about matter that you might want to discuss in class as we go through our own matter unit.

Enjoy!

 
Jump to Site 1 2 3 4 5

 


Go to Website #1: Rader's CHEM4KIDS.COM
Question #1: Name 3 different things that matter is (Example:  matter is…).

Answer: Matter is everything around you.  Matter is everything made up of atoms and molecules.  Matter is anything that has mass.

 

Here is how to find the answer: Chem4kids, Matter, Overview, Matter is the stuff around you

Source: http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_intro.html
Question #2: Plasma is the 4th state of matter. What are some examples of Plasma?

Answer: Florescent Lights, Neon lights, and Stars

 
Here's how to find the answer: Chem4kids, Matter, Plasma, Finding a Plasma
Source: http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_plasma.html


Go to Website #2: Strange Matter
Question #1: How can you transform the element carbon into a diamond?

Answer: Heat it and Beat it (at great depths, carbon is under intense heat and pressure and it turns into a diamond)
Here's how to find the answer: The Transformer, Carbon, Heat it, Beat it
Source:http://www.strangematterexhibit.com/processing.html
Question #2: Matter is made up of all sort of different materials.  Explain how the arrangement of molecules in the material called a polymer.

Answer: Polymers are just very big molecules made of smaller molecules linked together into long, repeating chains.

 
Here's how to find the answer: What is Materials Science?, What are materials, exactly?, Polymers
Source: http://www.strangematterexhibit.com/whatis.html#whatare


Go to Website #3: States of Matter
Question #1: How do the particles in a liquid move?

Answer: The particles in a liquid move past one another easily.

 
Here's how to find the answer: Matter Website, Liquid
Source: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/
Question #2: What is the general temperature of an object when it is in the gas state?

Answer: The temperature is generally high or hot.

 
Here's how to find the answer: Matter Website, Gas
Source: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/


Question #1: What is a physical change?  Give an example.

Answer: Physical changes occur when objects undergo a change that does not change their chemical nature. A physical change involves a change in physical properties. Physical properties can be observed without changing the type of matter. An example of a physical change is cutting wood (making a baseball bat).
Here's how to find the answer: What is Matter website, physical changes
Source: http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/sciber00/8th/matter/sciber/change.htm
Question #2: Explain what a chemical change is and give 3 observable signs that a chemical change has occurred.

Answer: Chemical changes are changes substances undergo when they become new or different substances. For example, the fireworks we see on the 4th of July are actually metals such as magnesium and copper that change chemically as they light up the night skies with their fantastic colors. To identify a chemical change look for observable signs such as color change, bubbling and fizzing, light production, smoke, and presence of heat.
Here's how to find the answer: What is Matter website, Chemical Changes
Source:http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/sciber00/8th/matter/sciber/chemchng.htm


Go to Website #5: Succeed in Physical Science
Question #1: Each change in the state of matter has a specific name.  Fill in the chart with the correct name of the 6 types of changes of state.

Answer:

Start from: Change to: Name:
Solid Liquid Melting
Liquid Solid Freezing
Liquid

Gas

Evaporation
Gas Liquid Condensation
Solid Gas Sublimation
Gas Solid Disposition

 
Here's how to find the answer: Succeed in Physical Science Website, Matter, Changing States of Matter, Names of changes
Source: http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/matterstates2.htm
Question #2: What is dry ice? What is the phase change for dry ice?

Answer: Dry Ice is frozen CO2  (Carbon Dioxide). It goes directly from a solid to a gas (sublimaiton).

 
Here's how to find the answer: Succeed in Physical Science Website, Matter, Dry Ice
Source: http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/dry_ice.htm



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Created by: Amber Baaso
Last Modified: 13 November, 2005
Wolfe Middle School
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Created for MET6203, Computer Applications in Education, Lawrence Technological University