Physical Properties of Matter

Able to be hammered or pressed into a thin sheet

• Malleable

• Cobalt

• Property

• Texture

The temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid

• Nickel

• Freezing point

• Iron

• Conductor

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Able to be pulled into a thin strand

• Wood

• Burn

• Ductile

• Conductor

The smell of a substance

• Odor

• Shape

• Malleable

• Freezing

Do NOT allow electricity or heat to travel through them easily

• Odor

• Insulators

• Malleable

• Conductor

The physical form of a substance

• Shape

• Odor

• Ductile

• Malleable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A characteristic that can be observed or measured

• Shape

• Magnetism

• Physical Property

• Texture

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-3

The temperature at which a solid turns into a liquid

• Melting point

• Conductor

• Texture

• Odor

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The attraction between substances

• Texture

• Shape

• Magnetism

• Insulators

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

A tendency to float in a fluid

• Buoyancy

• Ductile

• Odor

• Shape