3rd Physical Science Vocabulary

Multiple Choice

Anything that takes up space is ___________.

• mass

• matter

• temperature

• boil

Multiple Choice

__________ is a characteristic of matter that you can observe or measure directly.

• Boil

• Physical Property

• Gas

• Thermometer

Multiple Choice

_________ is the amount of matter an object contains.

• Heat

• Gas

• Boil

• Mass

Multiple Choice

_______ is a measure of the amount of space an object takes up; also the loudness of a sound or signal.

• Liquid

• Temperature

• Volume

• Melt

Multiple Choice

________ is how hot or how cold something is.

• Melt

• Temperature

• Evaporation

• Thermometer

Multiple Choice

________ to change from a liquid to a vapor by application of heat.

• Boil

• Liquid

• Gas

• Melt

Multiple Choice

_______ is the process of changing from a gas (water vapor) to a liquid (ex. dew).

• Condensation

• Boil

• Solid

• Melt

Multiple Choice

_______ is one of the fundamental states of matter in which the molecules do not have a fixed volume or shape.

• Gas

• Evaporation

• Solid

• Liquid

Multiple Choice

_________ is one of the fundamental states of matter with a definite volume but no definite shape.

• Gas

• Evaporation

• Liquid

• Solid

Multiple Choice

________ to be changed from a solid to a liquid state.

• Temperature

• Melt

• Mass

• Matter

Multiple Choice

______ having a definite shape and a definite volume; one of the fundemental states of matter.

• Heat

• Evaporation

• Liquid

• Solid

Multiple Choice

_________ is the process by which a liquid is converted to its vapor phase by heating the liquid.

• Temperature

• Mass

• Melt

• Evaporation

Multiple Choice

________ is energy that transfers between substances because of a temperature difference between the substances; the transfer of energy is always from the warmer substance to the cooler substance.

• Heat

• Matter

• Gas

• Mass

Multiple Choice

______ is an instrument for measuring temperature.

• Thermometer

• Gas

• Condensation

• Physical Property