Topic 2 Grade 6 Vocabulary

A state of matter that has a definite shape and a definite volume.

• gas

• pressure

• liquid

• solid

The change in state from a gas to a liquid.

• evaporation

• condensation

• vaporization

• sublimation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A state of matter with no definite shape or volume.

• solid

• gas

• liquid

• evaporation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A state of matter that has no definite shape but has a definite volume.

• gas

• evaporation

• liquid

• solid

A principle that describes the relationship between the pressure and volume of a gas at constant temperature.

• Boyle's Law

• sublimation

• boiling point

• Charles's Law

The temperature at which a liquid freezes.

• freezing point

• melting point

• temperature

• boiling point

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A liquid's resistance to flowing.

• temperature

• surface tension

• viscosity

• pressure

The temperature at which a substance changes from a solid to a liquid; the same as the freezing point, or temperature at which a liquid changes to a solid.

• freezing point

• melting point

• boiling point

• temerature

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The force pushing on a surface divided by the area of that surface.

• temperature

• viscosity

• pressure

• surface tension

The result of an inward pull among the molecules of a liquid that brings the molecules on the surface closer together; causes the surface to act as if it has a thin skin.

• surface tension

• boiling point

• evaporation

• viscosity