Mixtures & Solutions Vocabulary

Dissolving

• the process by which substances break down into small pieces and spread evenly throughout a liquid (water)

• a type of mixture in which the particles of one or more substances are dissolved (uniformly dispersed throughout) in another substance

• floating or sinking when compared to water

• definite shape and size

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Gas

• take the shape of their container, filling the bottom of the container first; has the ability to flow

• definite shape and size

• a state of matter in which the substance expands to take both the shape and the volume of its container

• a combination of two or more substances that can be easily separated in some physical way

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Liquid

• properties of matter that can be observed, measured, or changed without changing the matter itself

• definite shape and size

• the ability of a substance to dissolve in another substance, such as sugar dissolving in water

• take the shape of their container, filling the bottom of the container first; has the ability to flow

Mixture

• a combination of two or more substances that can be easily separated in some physical way

• a type of mixture in which the particles of one or more substances are dissolved (uniformly dispersed throughout) in another substance

• the ability of a substance to dissolve in another substance, such as sugar dissolving in water

• a state of matter in which the substance expands to take both the shape and the volume of its container

Physical Properties

• properties of matter that can be observed, measured, or changed without changing the matter itself

• he ability of a substance to dissolve in another substance, such as sugar dissolving in water

• the forms matter can take, such as solid, liquid, and gas; sometimes called phases of matter

• floating or sinking when compared to water

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Solid

• take the shape of their container, filling the bottom of the container first; has the ability to flow

• a type of mixture in which the particles of one or more substances are dissolved (uniformly dispersed throughout) in another substance

• definite shape and size

• a combination of two or more substances that can be easily separated in some physical way

Solubility

• a state of matter in which the substance expands to take both the shape and the volume of its container

• the ability of a substance to dissolve in another substance, such as sugar dissolving in water

• properties of matter that can be observed, measured, or changed without changing the matter itself

• the forms matter can take, such as solid, liquid, and gas; sometimes called phases of matter

Solution

• the process by which substances break down into small pieces and spread evenly throughout a liquid (water)

• floating or sinking when compared to water

• the forms matter can take, such as solid, liquid, and gas; sometimes called phases of matter

• a type of mixture in which the particles of one or more substances are dissolved (uniformly dispersed throughout) in another substance

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

States of Matter

• the forms matter can take, such as solid, liquid, and gas; sometimes called phases of matter

• a state of matter in which the substance expands to take both the shape and the volume of its container

• take the shape of their container, filling the bottom of the container first; has the ability to flow

• floating or sinking when compared to water

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Relative Density

• floating or sinking when compared to water

• the process by which substances break down into small pieces and spread evenly throughout a liquid (water)

• properties of matter that can be observed, measured, or changed without changing the matter itself

• a combination of two or more substances that can be easily separated in some physical way