Classifying Matter Vocabulary

anything that has mass and take up space

• matter

• atom

• element

• compound

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

a small particle that is the building block of matter, made up of protons and neutrons in the nucleus with electrons orbiting the nucleus

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

pure substance made of only one kind of atom

• matter

• atom

• element

• compound

pure substance made of two or more elements that are chemically joined in a specific combination

• matter

• atom

• element

• compound

elements that are generally shiny and easily pulled into wires or hammered into thin sheets

elements that have no metallic properties

• metals

• nonmetals

• metalloids

• insulators

elements that have physical and chemical properties of both metals and nonmetals

• metals

• nonmetals

• metalloids

• insulators

a substance that does not allow heat or electricity to pass through it

• metals

• nonmetals

• metalloids

• insulators

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

describes the ability of a metal to reflect light

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

ability of a substance to be pulled into thin wires

• luster

• ductility

• malleability

• conductor