Unit 1 Physical Properties of Matter Vocabulary

A substance or object that allows energy to flow through it easily

• Solution

• Mixture

• Conductor

• Insulator

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

• evaporation

• freezing

• calcification

• dissolving

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

• Gas

• Liquid

• Solid

A substance or object that does not allow energy to flow through it easily

• solution

• insulator

• conductor

• mixture

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

• solids

• gases

• liquids

• oxygen

a force of attraction that causes a magnetic material to move

• gravity

• motion

• friction

• magnetism

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the amount of matter in something

• Mass

• Matter

• Size

• Capacity

anything that has mass and takes up space is called...

• Mass

• Matter

• Movement

• Malleability

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

• blend

• mixture

• solution

• cluster

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

• milkshake

• iron filings and sand

• soda

• ice cream