Matter: Properties and Reactions vocab

What are materials?

• Wood
• The raw form of metal and plastic.

• Matter from which a thing can be made.

• A list of needed supplies.

What is mechanical engineer?

• An engineer is a person who operates heavy machinery.
• An engineer is a person who designs clothing and accessories.
• An engineer is a person who studies the environment and ecosystems.
• An engineer is a person who designs, constructs, and uses machines.

What is a mechanical property?

• A physical property of a material when force is applied.

• The temperature of a material
• The weight of a material
• The color of a material

What are testing procedures?

• Procedures followed to install software
• A standardized and documented process for performing an experiment or conducting an evaluation.

• Methods used to validate the accuracy of data
• Steps taken to optimize the performance of a system

What is a property?

• A property is a type of clothing.
• A property is a characteristic or attribute of a material.

• A property is a mathematical equation.
• A property is a type of real estate.

What is compressibility?

• The property of a material to get smaller when force or pressure is applied.

• The measure of how much a material can expand or increase in volume under the action of external forces or pressure.

• The measure of how much a material can change its shape under the action of external forces or pressure

• The measure of how much a material can conduct heat or electricity under the action of external forces or pressure

What is hardness?

• Flexibility
• The property of a material to be firm and solid or not easy to bend, cut, or break.

• Temperature resistance
• Ability to absorb light

What is softness or firmness?

• Softness refers to the quality of being flexible, while firmness refers to the quality of being rigid.
• Softness refers to the quality of being rough, while firmness refers to the quality of being smooth.
• The property of a material to support or resist a weight or a force.

• Softness refers to the quality of being hard, while firmness refers to the quality of being soft.

What is tensile strength?

• The maximum amount of pressure a material can withstand before breaking or failing.
• The property of a material to be stretched or pulled without breaking.

• The measure of a material's ability to conduct heat.
• The ability of a material to resist compression forces.