Matter Vocabulary

When a substance is able to be dissolved into another substance

• Repel

• Mixture

• Soluble

• Dissolve

State of matter that has no definite shape or volume

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• property

The point at which a liquid changes to a gas (100 degrees Celsius)

• Melting point

• Freezing point

• Boiling point

When objects pull towards each other

• Repel

• Attract

• Dissolve

• Sink

Two or more types of matter than can be separated easily because the physical properties DO NOT change

• solution

• gas

• mixture

• dissolve

State of matter that has a definite shape and volume

• solid

• liquid

• gas

Energy that can be measured with a thermometer

• mechanical

• electrical

• light

• thermal

Anything has mass and takes up space

• mass

• matter

• density

• volume

The temperature at which a liquid changes into a solid

• melting point

• freezing point

• boiling point

When two or more substances can't be easily separated because their physical properties change

• mixture

• solution

• magnetism