Unit 1: Matter Vocabulary

a state of matter in which the substance expands to take both the shape and the volume of its container

• Gas

• Graduated Cylinder

• Mass

• Magnetism

a container used to measure the volume of liquids

• Temperature

• Gas

• Graduated Cylinder

• Matter

take the shape of their container, has the ability to flow

• Graduated Cylinder

• Triple Beam Balance

• Mass

• Liquid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

an attracting or repelling force that causes a magnetic material to move

• Magnetism

• Metric System

• Volume

• Gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

The amount of matter in something

• Liquid

• Mass

• Physical Property

• Matter

a substance that has mass and takes up space

• States of Matter

• Volume

• Temperature

• Matter

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

the decimal measuring system

• Volume

• Metric System

• Physical Property

• Liquid

a property that can be observed, measured, or changed

• Solid

• Triple Beam Balance

• Physical Property

• Graduated Cylinder

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

state of matter that has a definite shape and size

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• Metric System

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

forms matter can take such as solid, liquid, and gas

• Magnetism

• Volume

• Temperature

• States of Matter

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4