Unit 6: Matter Vocabulary Words/Definitions

Anything that has mass and takes up space

• Mass
• Matter
• Weight
• Volume
• Density

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

A measure of the amount of matter in an object

• Mass
• Matter
• Weight
• Volume
• Density

A measure of the gravitational force exerted on an object.

• Mass
• Matter
• Weight
• Volume
• Density

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The amount of space an object takes up

• Mass
• Matter
• Weight
• Volume
• Density

The ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume of the substance

• Mass
• Matter
• Weight
• Volume
• Density

A characteristic of a pure substance that does not involve a chemical change, such as density, color or hardness

• physical property
• chemical property

A property of matter that describes a substance's ability to participate in chemical reactions

• physical property
• chemical property

The smallest unit of an elementthat maintains the properties of that element

• Atoms
• Protons
• Neutrons
• Electrons
• Element

A subatomic particle that has a positive charge and that is found in the nucleus of an atom

• Protons
• Atoms
• Neutrons
• Electrons
• Element

A subatomic particle that has no charge and that is found in the nucleus of an atom

• Neutrons
• Atoms
• Protons
• Electrons
• Element