Matter Unit 24 Section 1 Vocab

a scientific tool used to measure mass

• meter stick

• graduated cylinder

• balance

• thermometer

a physical property of materials that measures how well the substance allows electricity to pass or travel through that object

• hardness

• solubility

• conductivity

• magnetism

a measure of how much of one substance will dissolve in another substance, such as how sugar will dissolve in water

• hardness

• solubility

• conductivity

• magnetism

a force that pulls magnetic materials across a distance

• hardness

• solubility

• conductivity

• magnetism

Which of the following is not a state of matter?

• solid

• liquid

• plasma

• ice

an arrangement of the elements according to their atomic number (the number of protons in the nucleus of the atom).

• Kitchen table

• Periodic Table

• The Comma Table

• The Table of All Stuff

A molecule is made up of...

• one atom

• one type of element

• two or more elements

• all the elements mixed together

The smallest particle or part of a substance that we know about so far is ...

• atom

• molecule

• solution

• crumb

The state of matter where the molecules are most spread out...

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• plasma

The state of matter that is made of ions (atoms with a negative or positive charge) and free-moving electrons. It is most often used in neon signs and fluorescent light bulbs.

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• plasma