Chemistry Vocabulary

the ability of a substance to change.

• Reactivity

• Metalloid

• Compound

• State of Matter

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

elements always found to the LEFT of the jagged line on the periodic table.

• metals

• non-metals

• metalloids

• compounds

elements always found to the RIGHT of the jagged line on the periodic table.

• non-metals

• metals

• metalloids

• elements

elements that have properties of metals and non-metals; many of them directly touch the jagged line on the periodic table.

• metalloids

• mass

• elements

• compounds

anything that has mass and takes up space.

• matter

• mixture

• atom

• element

physical property that is dependent on temperature and pressure and occurs in four forms- solid, liquid, gas, or plasma.

• state of matter

• reactivity

• element

• metalloid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

matter made of two or more elements (chemically bonded/cannot be separated by physical means)

• compound

• atom

• element

• mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

smallest unit of an element

• atom

• matter

• compound

• metal

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

two or more substances combined (mixed) physically, but not chemically.

• mixture

• compound

• element

• atom

a substance that is the building block of all matter (made of one kind of atom).

• element

• atom

• compound

• mixture

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1