CW

Name Date Period

Whatsa ?
1. Which things in the following list do you think are matter? Fill in the table below with your ideas (put each
thing in the list into the group you think it should be in)
Toothpaste
Electricity
A star
Juice
Sound
The ocean
Fear
DNA
Peanut butter
Clouds
Batteries
Helium
Car exhaust
Gasoline
Paper
Bacteria
A cell
Widsom
Sadness
A puppy
Wind
Atoms
Soil
A sneeze

MATTER NOT SURE NOT MATTER






















2. Look at the things you listed in the MATTER column. List at least 4 things that they have in common.





3. Using your ideas from #1 and #2, come up with a definition of matter what do YOU think matter is?
Please write in complete sentences.

I think matter is



4. Now, share your definition from #3 with your team. Work together as a team to rewrite a TEAM
DEFINITION of MATTER.

We think matter is




5. Pick one of the items that you put in the NOT MATTER group. State why you believe that it is
something other than matter. Explain why it does not fit your definition of matter.
a. What thing from the list do you think it NOT MATTER?
b. Why does it not seem to fit your idea of what matter is? Write in complete sentences.







*BONUS*
Someone might say that air is not matter because you cant see it. Write a paragraph showing how you
would prove to the class that air is matter (yes, it IS matter!).