Elements & Compounds Vocabulary

The smallest particle of an element; made of electrons, protons and neutrons.

• Atom

• Mixture

• Mass

• Lithosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A pure substance composed of the same type of atom throughout.

• Compound

• Element

• Mass

• Periodic Table

A new substance with unique chemical and physical properties formed when two or more elements are chemically bonded during a chemical reaction.

• Compound

• Periodic Table

• Matter

• Volume

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

A table in which all the known elements are arranged by properties and are represented by one or more letters, referred to as chemical symbols.

• Atom

• Mixture

• Periodic Table of Elements

• Dinner table

Made of a blend of elements and compounds; is not a pure substance because it does not have consistent properties.

• Mixture

• Lithosphere

• Biosphere

• Volume

A measure of how much matter is present in a substance.

• Atmosphere

• Matter

• Mass

• Volume

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

The cool, rigid, outermost layer of Earth that consists of the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle; broken into pieces or segments called plates.

• Atom

• Element

• Compound

• Lithosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

All the water on Earth's surface; includes all water sources above and below the surface.

• lithosphere

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

• properties

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The sum of all living matter on Earth.

• Biosphere

• Periodic Table

• Ocean

• Hydrosphere

The layer of gas surrounding a planet Earth that is held in place by gravity.

• matter

• properties

• Atmosphere

• volume