PS.5.1.1 & PS.5.1.2 Unit 1 Vocabulary: Matter & Its Interactions

Front

This describes how matter looks, feels or interacts with other matter and can be observed or measured.

Back

physical property

Front

The state of matter in which a substance maintains a rigid form without a container:

Back

solid

Front

The state of matter in which a substance takes the shape of a container

Back

liquid

Front

The state of matter in which a substance expands to fill a container:

Back

gas

Front

When two or more substances combine physically, they become a:

Back

mixture

Front

When a solid is mixed into a liquid and disappears:

Back

dissolves

Front

A mixture of one kind of matter (sugar) dissolved in another kind of matter (water) that cannot be easily separated.

Back

solution

Front

Anything that has mass and takes up space.

Back

matter

Front

The amount of matter in an object.

Back

mass

Front

Happens when a substance changes without changing the true identity of the substance (ex. water changing to ice). A change in which no new substances are formed.

Back

Physical change