Matter Vocabulary

a characteristic of an object such as size, shape, texture, and color

• mixture

• property

• volume

• phase of

  matter

the property of matter that compares an object's mass to its volume

• mass

• gram

• senses

• density

the measure of the amount of matter that makes up an object

• mass

• volume

• size

• area

the

amount of space that matter takes up

• density

• area

• perimeter

• volume

* a unit used to measure mass

• millileters

• liters

• grams

• killigrams

the form in which particles are arranged

and move

• phase of matter

• melting point

• boiling point

• mixture

the temperature at which a substance changes from a solid to a liquid

• freezing point

• melting point

• boiling point

the temperature at which a substance changes from a liquid to a gas

• freezing point

• melting point

• boiling point

* a combination of two or more substances

• property

• experiment

• solution

• mixture

the process of separating substances with a filter

• filtration

• volume

• evaporation

• condensation