Vocabulary Quiz #1 Matter

The amount of matter packed into a given space compared to its ability to sink or float in water

• magnetism

• conductor

• insulator

• density

Anything that takes up space and has mass

• matter

• mass

• density

• solids

A property of attraction for metals (steel, iron, cobalt, and nickel)

• conductor

• magnetism

• physical properties

• circuit

Can be used to test for electrical conductivity

• dissolving

• matter

• circuit

• density

A material that STOPS or SLOWS down the flow electricity or heat

• matter

• dissolving

• conductor

• insulator

Ways we classify matter: mass, state of matter, magnetism, solubility, conductivity, and relative density

• properties of matter

• physical properties

• dissolving

• matter

A material that allows heat or electricity to flow through it

• conductor

• insulator

• physical properties

• magnetism

Characteristic you can observe or measure (texture, odor, taste..etc)

• properties of matter

• density

• magnetism

• physical properties

The ability of a substance to dissolve when mixed in another

• dissolving

• solubility

• density

• stir

Matter breaks down into particles that are so small that it SEEMS to DISAPPEAR

• matter

• stir

• dissolving

• insulator