Properties of Matter Vocabulary

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

• dissolve

• solvent

• conduct

• insulate

energy that is absorbed or delivered by an electric circuit

• light energy

• electrical energy

• thermal energy

• physical energy

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

• liquid

• solid

• gas

• plasma

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

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

• insulator

• conductor

• current

• thermal energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

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

• Solid

• liquid

• gas

• plasma

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

• electric energy

• magnetism

• thermal energy

• insulator

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

the amount of matter in something

• mass

• matter

• solid

• weight

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

anything that has mass and takes up space

• mass

• matter

• insulator

• conductor

the temperature at which a substance changes from a liquid to a solid or a solid to a liquid by the removal or addition of heat; for water this temperature is 0°C

• Mass/Matter

• Metric System/Customary System

• Relative density/Relative mass

• Melting point/Freezing point

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

the decimal measuring system based on the meter, liter, and gram as units of length, volume (capacity), and weight or mass

• Metric System

• Customary System

• Decimal System

• Nervous System