Properties of Matter Vocab Quiz

Characteristics that you can observe directly.

• Chemical Properties

• Physical Properties

Characteristics that can only be observed when one substance changes into a different substance.

• Chemical Properties

• Physical Properties

The ability to maintain shape under the application of force.

• Tensile Strength

• Pressure

• Strength

• Viscosity

A measure of a solid's resistance to scratching.

• Strength

• Tensile Strength

• Buoyancy

• Hardness

The ability to be stretched or compressed and then return to normal size.

• Elasticity

• Viscosity

• Buoyancy

• Fluid

The tendency to crack or break; the opposite of elasticity.

• Pressure

• Viscosity

• Brittleness

• Elasticity

The ability to bend without breaking.

• Ductility

• Malleability

• Viscosity

• Elasticity

The ability of a solid to be pounded into thin sheets.

• Viscosity

• Ductility

• Elasticity

• Malleability

The measure of the upward force that a fluid exerts on an object that is submerged.

• Viscosity

• Buoyancy

• Ductility

• Malleablity

A relationship that describes energy conservation in a fluid.

• Bernoulli's Principle

• Pascal's Principle

• Archimedes' Principle