What's the Matter?

Everything Is the Matter!-everything is made of mattermatter, which is anything that has volume and mass-volumevolume is the amount of space occupied (taken up) by an object-massmass is the amount of matter that an object is made of (how much of it there is)

SOLID

LIQUID

GASMatter exists in 3 common states

Turn up the Volume

-all 3 states of matter have volume-liquid volume can be measured with a graduated cylinder and is commonly expressed in mililiters (mL) or liters (L)-solid shapes vary, but all exist in 3 dimensions, so the measures of those 3 dimensions are multiplied to find their volume, which is expressed in cubic units: cubic meters, cubic centimeters, cubic milimeters, etc.-to know the volume of a gas, you need to find the volume of the container it is in, so use the same process as for solid shapes

Mass appeal-generally speaking, a very large object has more mass than a very small object, however, size is not always a good indicator of mass-mass is measured in kilograms (kg), grams (g),or miligrams (mg)-mass is often confused with weightweight-weight is a measure of the gravitational force exerted on an object, while mass, again, is how much matter the object is made of-so, weight measures the effect of gravity on an object's mass-because weight measures a force, it must be expressed in the unit of force, called the newton newton (N)(N), one newton is approximately equal to the weight of a 100g mass on Earth.

Click here to convert from pounds to newtons

Understanding the Gravity of the situation

-gravitygravity is a force of attraction between objects with relation to mass-it causes objects to exert a pull on other objects-the amount of pull,or attraction, depends on the mass of the objects, and the distance between them

Large objects that are close together have a large gravitational force.

Small objects that are close together have a smaller gravitational force than larger objects that are close together.

Increased distance reduces gravitational force, so even large objects have less gravitaional force if they are far apart.

Inner what?

-inertiainertia is the tendency of all objects to resist any change in motion-an object at rest (not moving) will stay at rest unless something causes it to move-an object in motion will remain in motion at the same speed and in the same direction unless something causes it to change speed or direction

-mass is a measure of inertia-this is because an object with a large mass is more difficult to start and stop than one with a small mass