Matter Vocabulary

the amount of matter in an object (like weight)

• solid

• gas

• mass

• volume

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

the material or substance that has mass and takes up space.

• physical properties

• matter

• solid

• filtration

two or more substances that are put together but may be separated by physical processes.

• floatation

• mixture

• sifting

• gas

process by which a liquid becomes a gas; can be used to separate a mixture.

• filtration

• evaporation

• sifting

• magnetism

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A mixture in which the particles of a substance are evenly spread out in another substance. One substance dissolves.

• solution

• solid

• matter

• volume

A method of separating solid particles from a liquid or gas, using filter paper.

• sifting

• evaporation

• filtration

• mass

the smallest parts of a substance, too small to be seen with your eyes

• mass

• particles of matter

• mixture

• solution

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

any of the characteristics of a substance used to describe it, such as volume, shape or size, color

• volume

• gas

• dissolving

• physical properties

a method of separating solids which float on a liquid from remaining materials in the mixture.

• floatation

• sifting

• magnetism

• evaporation

a state of matter that has no definite volume or shape; particles of matter move far apart and spread out into all available space.

• solids

• liquid

• gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4