Unit 3 Matter Vocabulary

Anything that has mass and takes up space 

• Volume
• Matter 
• Temperature
• Relative Density 

The state of matter in which a substance does not have a definite shape or volume 

• Liquid 
• Solid
• Gas 

The amount of space something takes up 

• Volume
• Matter 
• Relative Density 
• Solubility 

The measure of the average energy of motion of particles of matter, which feel as how hot of cold something is 

• Volume 
• Matter
• Liquid 
• Temperature 

The state of matter in which a substance has a definite volume but no definite shape 

• Solid 
• Liquid 
• Gas 

The ability of a substance to dissolve in another substance

• Evaporation 
• Relative Density 
• Solubility
• Temperature

It determines whether one substance will sink or float in another substance 

• Matter 
• Volume 
• Solubility 
• Relative Density 

A combination of two or more different substances in which the substances keep their identities 

• Solution
• Relative Density 
• Mixture
• Temperature 

The state of matter in which a substance has a definite shape and a definite volume 

• Liquid 
• Solid 
• Gas 

A mixture that has the same composition throughout because all its parts are mixed up evenly 

• Solution
• Mixture
• Temperature 
• Relative Density