Blog 2 (Class Response)

What is matter? Well, matter is what we live under and our surroundings. Matter is what the whole world is made up of. Matter is anything that has mass and volume. The general properties of matter are mass, weight, volume, and density. General properties describe how all matter are the same, and specific properties describe the differences among forms of matter. Some examples of recognizable matter are, wood, water, salt, clay, glass, gold, plants, animals, even a piece of the moon. Through your four senses; smell, sight, taste, and touch, your familiar with matter. Oxygen, carbon dioxide, ammonia, and air are some kinds of matter that can not easily be recognized. Properties of matter describe color, odor, size, shape, texture, and hardness. Specific properties are not hard to tell, for example, it is not hard to tell a red apple form a green apple, or a smooth rock from a rough rock. In matter, weight is a general property. Weight is never constant, it always changes depending on where you are. For example, if you try to carry someone on the Earth and can't, then when you go on the moon, you will be able to. Since matter is an everyday thing, then everyone feels, sees, tastes, and smells everyday even if they are not knowing that. Matter was a really interesting and fun topic to do.