Activity 1: States of Matter Review

A characteristic of a material.

• Property

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-3

The state in which a substance maintains a fixed volume and shape. The particles are packed closely together.    

• Property

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The state in which a substance expands to occupy the volume and shape of its container. The particles are fast moving and can spread apart from each other.  

• Property

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The state in which a substance adapts to the shape of its container, and mostly maintains its volume. The particles are touching but they can move past each other.      

• Property

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Matter that has specific components and properties.    

• Substance

• Matter

• Material

Anything that has mass and takes up space.            

• Substance

• Matter

• Material

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

The matter from which a thing can be made.         

• Substance

• Matter

• Material

A measure of the amount of matter in an object.    

• Particle

• Mass

• Volume

A very small piece of matter. All matter is made of particles too small to be seen.     

• Particle

• Mass

• Volume

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The amount of space an object takes up.  

• Particle

• Mass

• Volume