Matter Vocabulary

A characteristic of a pure substance that describes its ability to change into different substances

• chemical property

• compound

• filtration

• element

The study of the properties of matter and how matter changes

• density

• filtration

• malleability

• chemistry

The ability of a substance to be hammered into thin sheets without shattering

• ductile

• malleability

• compound

• viscosity

A mixture in which substances are evenly distributed throughout the mixture

• homogenous mixture

• heterogenous mixture

• compound

• element

A substance made up of atoms of two or more elements joined by chemical bonds

• chemical property

• filtration

• element

• compound

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A mixture in which different materials can be distinguished easily

• viscosity

• ductile

• heterogenous mixture

• homogenous mixture

A process that separates materials based on the size of their particles

• distillation

• filtration

• density

• chemistry

Mass divided Volume (cubed)

• element

• mass

• density

• malleability

A substance that can't be broken down into simpler substances

• element

• compound

• density

• chemistry

A process that separates the substances in a solution based on their boiling points

• filtration

• chemistry

• ductile

• distillation