Properties of Matter Vocabulary

A characteristic of a substance that can be observed and measured without changing the identity of the substance.

• Chemical property

• Physical property

• Matter

• Mass

The measure of the amount of mass in a given amount of volume.

• Density

• Volume

• Mass

• Boiling point

A substance’s ability to change into a new substance with different properties.

• Physical property

• Matter

• Mass

• Chemical property

The temperature at which a substance changes from a solid to a liquid.

• Boiling point

• Solubility

• Melting point

• Density

Luster is

• A way in which a mineral reflects light; shines.

• A substance that melts.

• A way in which a mineral dissolves.

• Hardness

Characteristic properties are

• properties that all substances have.

• properties that are unique to a substance.

• properties that are unidentifiable.

• Properties that describe volume.

The ability of a substance to burn is

• solubility.

• conductivity.

• flammability.

• melting point.

Boiling point Is

• the temperature at which a substance changes from a solid to a liquid.

• the temperature at which a substance changes from a liquid to a gas.

• the temperature at which a substance changes from a liquid to a solid.

• the temperature at which a substance changes from a gas to a solid

Reactivity is

• the ability of a substance to dissolve.

• the ability of a substance to melt.

• the ability of a substance to boil.

• the ability of a substance to interact with another substance and form one or more new substances.

The ability of a substance to be rolled or pounded into various shapes is

• conductivity.

• volume.

• malleability.

• density.