Physical Science Vocabulary

one of many ways to describe how things look (e.g. red, blue, yellow)

• color
• shape
• size
• texture

sits on the surface of a liquid

• freezing
• floating
• melting
• raining

to change from a liquid into a solid by getting colder

• floating
• melting
• freezing
• raining

to change from a solid to a liquid by getting warmer

• floating
• freezing
• raining
• melting

describes how things look based on the outline of the object

• shape
• size
• sinking
• texture

to move downward below the surface of a liquid

• sinking
• floating
• melting
• freezing

how big or small something is

• texture
• shape
• weight
• size

how something feels

• weight
• size
• texture
• shape

the lightness or heaviness of an object

• size
• weight
• texture
• shape

metric unit of measure for length

• centimeters
• inches
• length
• measure