MATTERPORT DEPOT · MATTERLING
What Matter Is
Cargo Checkpoint
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Your Cargo Checkpoint adventure
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Matterling — What Matter Is Cargo Checkpoint
Hi!
I'm Matterling.
Welcome to Cargo Checkpoint!
Will you help me investigate what matter is?
The Grumblies have mixed up our clues.
Let's check the evidence!
Matter has mass and takes up space.
Solids, liquids and gases are forms of matter, even
when a gas is invisible.
Which invisible example is matter?
- A. Air
- B. Light itself
- C. Sound itself
The answer is A: Air
Matter has mass and takes up space.
Solids, liquids and gases are forms of matter, even
when a gas is invisible.
That clue helps us make sense of this place.
Properties such as texture, shape
and how a material flows help describe samples.
A sound or a beam of light is not a
material sample like air or stone.
What two features define matter here?
- A. Shine and hardness
- B. Color and name
- C. Mass and space occupied
The answer is C: Mass and space occupied
Matter has mass and takes up space.
Solids, liquids and gases are forms of matter, even
when a gas is invisible.
Hmm...
how does that connect to our first clue?
Our cargo model includes a rock, water and trapped air.
Each takes up space;
the air is not an empty nothing just
because we cannot see it.
Which cargo items are matter?
- A. Only solids
- B. Rock, water and trapped air
- C. Only the visible rock
The answer is B: Rock, water and trapped air
Our cargo model includes a rock, water and trapped air.
Each takes up space;
the air is not an empty nothing just
because we cannot see it.
Nice investigating!
You've been following the evidence.
Let's bring our clues together before the adventure.
Matter has mass and takes up space.
Properties such as texture, shape
and how a material flows help describe samples.
Our cargo model includes a rock, water and trapped air.
You're ready to explore Cargo Checkpoint with me!
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