Unit 1: Matter Vocabulary

Anything that has mass and takes up space.

• Matter

• Substance

• Atom

• Element

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

A single kind of matter that always has a specific makeup or composition

• Substance

• Element

• Compound

• Density

Characteristic that can be observed without changing the matter into another type of matter.

• Chemical Property

• Chemical Change

• Physical Property

• Physical Change

Characteristics that describe something's ability to become something else.

• Chemical Change

• Physical Change

• Chemical Property

• Physical Property

Basic unit from which all matter is made.

• Atom

• Compound

• Molecule

• Element

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Substance made up of only one type of atom.

• Matter

• Element

• Molecule

• Compound

Substance made of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds.

• Atom

• Element

• Molecule

• Compound

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Substance made of two or more different types of atoms that are chemically combined.

• Atom

• Element

• Molecule

• Compound

Made up of two or more substances that are together in the same place. Their atoms aren't chemically bonded.

• Molecule

• Compound

• Mixture

• Element

The amount of matter in an object.

• Density

• Volume

• Weight

• Mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5