Matter Vocabulary

________ to make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water

• dilute

• solubility

• solution

• dissolving

The amount of space an object takes up

• density

• volume

• mass

• matter

The characteristics of a substance that can be observed or measured without changing the substance

• evaporation

• solid

• physical properties

• dissolving

A process in which one material seems to disappear into another material

• evaporation

• solution

• dilute

• dissolving

The state of matter that has a definite volume but no definite shape

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• mass

Two or more materials stirred together

• mixture

• solution

• solubility

• liquid

The process by which liquid changes to a gas

• boiling

• freezing

• evaporating

• dissolving

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Anything that has mass and takes up space

• mass

• matter

• solid

• density

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

The state of matter that does not have a definite shape or volume

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• Texas

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A state of matter with a definite shape AND a definite volume

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Michigan