Matter Vocabulary

atom

• The relationship between mass and volume
• The smallest particle of an element
• The amount of matter in an object
• a homogeneous combination of two or more substances

boiling point

• The temperature that a substance turns from a liquid to a solid
• The ability to catch fire
• The temperature that a substance turns from a liquid to a gas
• the amount of space an object takes up

Chemical Change

• A change that creates a new material
• The relationship between mass and volume
• atoms increase speed, but touch and slide past each other
• the total kinetic energy due to the motion of the atoms in a substance

Chemical Properties

• A change that creates a new material
• The ability to catch fire
• the amount of space an object takes up
• Tells you the type of changes the matter can undergo

Density

• The smallest particle of an element
• The relationship between mass and volume
• The amount of matter in an object
• the amount of space an object takes up

element

• The amount of matter in an object
• The smallest particle of an element
• the amount of space an object takes up
• A substance that is made of only one kind of atom

Flammability

• A change that creates a new material
• The temperature that a substance turns from a liquid to a gas
• The ability to catch fire
• Tells you the type of changes the matter can undergo

freezing point

• The temperature that a substance turns from a liquid to a solid
• the amount of space an object takes up
• The temperature that a substance turns from a liquid to a gas
• the total kinetic energy due to the motion of the atoms in a substance

gas

• Fast moving atoms expand to fill a container
• The smallest particle of an element
• A substance that is made of only one kind of atom
• The amount of matter in an object

liquid

• Fast moving atoms expand to fill a container
• atoms increase speed, but touch and slide past each other
• the amount of space an object takes up
• The relationship between mass and volume