Vocabulary: Matter and Change

The amount of matter something contains

• Volume

• mass

• Substance

• solid

The amount of space that a substance or object occupies.

• Volume

• Mass

• Vapor

• Extensive property

A propery that depends on the amount of matter in a substance

• Density

• Volume

• Extensive property

• Intensive property

A property that depends on the type of matter in a sample, not the amount of matter

• Volume

• Mass

• Extensive property

• Intensive property

Matter that has a uniform and definite composition

• Element

• Compound

• Volume

• Substance

quality or condition of a substance that can be observed or measured without changing the substance's composition.

• Physical property

• Chemical property

• Extensive property

• Intensive property

Form of matter that has a definite shape and volume.

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Plasma

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

form of matter that has an indefinite shape, flows, yet has a fixed volume.

• solid

• Gas

• Liquid

• volume

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Form of matter that takes both the shape and volume of its container

• Gas

• Solid

• Liquid

• Plasma

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Describes the gaseous state of a substance of that is generally a liquid or solid at room temperature.

• Solid

• Mass

• Vapor

• Gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4