Density Vocabulary

A measure of the amount of matter in an object.

• Volume

• Mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

The mass of a known volume of a substance

• Matter

• Buoyancy

• Weight

• Density

Phase of matter in which a substance has a definite shape

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Plasma

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

An increase in the volume of matter that occurs when matter is heated.

• Contraction

• Buoyancy

• Density

• Expansion

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The metric unit used to measure mass.

Phase of matter in which a substance has no definite shape or volume.

The amount of space occupied by a sample of matter

• Mass

• Matter

• Volume

• Buoyancy

A substance (stuff) that makes up everything in the universe

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Liquids that are unable to dissolve in one another

• Gas

• Plasma

• Immiscible

• Miscible

A measure of the force of gravity on an object

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-4