5th grade science vocabulary review

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

• conductor

• insulator

• thermal energy

• chemical energy

the process of forming a mixture of a substance broken down into small pieces and spread evenly throughout a liquid (water) 

• changing

• mixing

• dissolving

• melting

energy that is absorbed or delivered by an electric circuit

• thermal energy

• mechanical energy

• chemical energy

• electrical energy

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

• gas

• solid

• liquid

• mass

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

• conductor

• energy

• insulator

• force

a state of matter in which the substance takes the shape of the container and has an unchanged volume when poured from one container to another

• liquid

• solid

• gas

• vapor

an attracting or repelling force that causes a magnetic material to move

• magnetic

• magnetism

• insulator

• conductor

the amount of matter in something

• height

• weight

• matter

• mass

anything that has mass and takes up space

• volume

• matter

• mass

• weight

the process of changing a substance from a solid to a liquid by adding thermal energy

• melting

• freezing

• burning

• boiling