vocabulary

science volcab

conductivity

def of conductivity

• can produce heat or electricity

• has to have some kind of metal on it

• can be really useful

• sometimes it can produce light

density

the amount of matter that will fit in a given amount of space like water, air , and NOT solids because solids have their own shapes.

ductility

• able to be stretched into a wire without breaking

• like a wire because the metal inside can be stretched in a long way without breaking

Hardness

ability of a mineral to resist scratching

luster

• how the surface of a mineral appears when it reflects light

• like metal or a mirror reflection

Malleability

ability to be formed or shaped under pressure (e.g., metals hammered or rolled into thin sheets)

Mass

 the amount of matter in something

Metalloids

substances that exhibit some properties of metals and nonmetals

Metals

 substances that have the physical properties of luster, conductivity, and malleability; may appear in all three states of matter

Nonmetals

substances that have the physical properties of being dull, insulators, and brittle; may appear in all three states of matter

Volume

the amount of space that a substance or object occupies