Matter Vocabulary

A reaction or a change in a substance produced by chemical means that forms a new substance

• Chemical Change

• Dissolve

• Physical Change

• Gas

One of the fundamental states of matter without a definite volume or shape

• Dissolve

• Gas

• Solid

• Liquid

The amount of matter an object contains

• Weight

• Texture

• Volume

• Mass

To mix with a liquid so that the result is a liquid that is the same throughout

• Characteristic

• Matter

• Dissolve

• Solid

One of the fundamental states of matter with a definite volume but no definite shape

• Solid

• Liquid

• Physical Change

• Gas

One of the fundamental states of matter with a definite shape and a definite volume

• Solid

• Texture

• Volume

• Weight

A physical property of a solid used to describe its surface

• Volume

• Chemical Change

• Matter

• Texture

Substance that has mass and takes up space

• Gas

• Volume

• Matter

• Weight

The amount of space that an object or substance occupies

• Characteristic

• Volume

• Mass

• Dissolve

A measure of the force of gravity on an object.

• Weight

• Volume

• Mass

• Solid