Composition of Matter Vocabulary

A form of matter that has a definite shape and volume

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• plasma

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A state of matter with no definite shape or volume

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• plasma

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A liquid's resistance to flowing

• viscosity

• dilute

• melting

• freezing

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The change in state from a solid to a liquid

• melting

• freezing

• sublimation

• deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The change of state from a liquid to a solid

• freezing

• sublimation

• deposition

• melting

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

vaporization that occurs at the surface of a liquid

• evaporization

• boiling

• boiling point

• condensation

A substance made up of atoms of two or more different elements joined by chemical bonds

• compound

• element

• mixture

• atom

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

the quantity of three-dimensional space occupied by a liquid, solid, or gas. Mesured in units of liters and milliliters

• volume

• mass

• weight

• liquid

the number of particles or solutes in a particular amount of liquid or solution

• concentration

• unsaturated

• saturated

• solution

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-5

A homogeneous mixture of two or more substances. May exist in any phase.

• solution

• solvent

• solute

• saturated