Properties of Matter Vocabulary

What composes any physical substance?

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• matter

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What is the smallest unit of an element?

• matter

• atom

• molecule

• compound

What is the basic building block of physical matter and cannot be broken down to a simpler substance?

• element

• compound

• matter

• density

What is a single unit of a compound or group of elements bonded together?

• compound

• molecule

• physical property

• phase change

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What is the name of the chart that organizes chemical elements that compose all matter called? (listed by atomic number and related groups)

• table of elements

• element chart

• periodic elements

• periodic table

Which state of matter is composed of tightly packed molecules, resulting in a firm substance?

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• plasma

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Which state of matter is composed of freely moving molecules that do not usually separate?

• plasma

• solid

• gas

• liquid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Which state of matter is composed of freely moving molecules capable of indefinite expansion?

• gas

• liquid

• solid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What is it called when one state of matter changes to another?

• physical property

• solubility

• phase change

• periodic table

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What is the name for characteristics of a substance that can be measured without changing them chemically? These stay the same not matter how much of the substance you have.

• physical property

• chemical property

• physical change

• chemical change