Topic 1 - Intro to Matter Science Vocab

A particular kind of matter with uniform properties.

• Substance

• Compound

• Molecule

• Density

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A physical substance in general, as distinct from mind and spirit; (in physics) that which occupies space and passes rest mass, especially as distinct form of energy.

• Atom

• Mixture

• Matter

• Elements

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

A property (as color, hardness, boiling point) of matter not including in its manifestation a chemical change.

• Chemical property

• Physical property

• Weight

• Mass

A characteristic of a particular substance that can be observed in a chemical reaction.

• Physical property

• Compound

• Elements

• Chemical property

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A particle of matter that uniquely defines a chemical element.

• Atom

• Molecule

• Density

• Homogeneous mixture

Any substance that cannot be decomposed into simpler substances by ordinary chemical processes

• Mixture

• Matter

• Element

• Mass

A group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound that can take part in a chemical reaction.

• Atom

• Molecule

• Volume

• Chemical change

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A thing that is composed of two or more separate elements in a mixture; a substance made from two or more different elements that have been chemically joined.

• Substance

• Matter

• Compound

• Mass

Composed of one or more types of substances in varying composition.

• Weight

• Distillation

• Compound

• Mixture

A mixture in which the composition is not uniform throughout the mixture.

• Heterogeneous mixture

• Convert

• Homogeneous mixture

• Volume