Earth Systems Vocabulary 3-5

the stuff that things are made of

• matter

• substance

• property

• wastewater

geosphere

• the stuff things are made of

• the solid part of Earth

• water that has been used

• matter made of only one kind of atom or molecule

a process in which substances change into different substances

• property

• wastewater

• matter

• chemical reaction

the water that has been used and now contains harmful substances

• geosphere

• wastewater

• substance

• chemical reaction

what you can observe or measure about something that helps you figure out what it is

• matter

• substance

• property

• wastewater

substance

• matter that is made of only one kind of atom or molecule

• the solid part of the Earth

• the stuff things are made of

• a process in which substances change into different substances