Properties of Matter

Anything that has mass and takes up space.

• volume
• matter
• solid
• temperature

the amount of matter in an object

• mass

• weight

• volume

• density

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The amount of space something takes up.

• matter
• mass
• volume
• element

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

• gas
• liquid
• solid
• matter

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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

• solid
• gas
• atom
• liquid

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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

• element
• compound
• gas
• liquid

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

True or false? Physical properties are things that can be observed about matter.

• true

• false

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NGSS.5-PS1-3

Which physical property can be used to best determine if the grains are salt or sugar?

• texture

• odor

• color

• taste

any characteristic of matter that you can observe without changing the identity of the substances that make it up

• physical property

• chemical property

• periodic table

• conglomerate

a characteristic of matter you observe as it reacts or changes into a different substance

• physical property

• chemical property

• periodic table

• conglomerate

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2