Matter Vocabulary

Anything that takes up space and has mass.

• Matter

• Mixture

• Solid

• Solution

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Combining two or more pieces of matter together that can easily be separated again.

• Gas

• Solution

• Mixture

• Matter

Making change to matter that turns it into a new kind of matter.

• Solid

• Physical Change

• Chemical Change

• Mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A state of matter with very close particles and has its own shape.

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

How much "stuff," or material an object has.

• Matter

• Mass

• Density

• Volume

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

A state of matter with very loose particles that spreads out to fill the shape of its container and is often invisible.

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A state of matter with loose particles that takes the shape of its container.

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

How much space an object takes up.

• Mass

• Matter

• Density

• Volume

The amount of mass in a certain volume.

• Matter

• Mass

• 
  Volume

• Density

Combining two or more pieces of matter together where one spreads out evenly into the other.

• Mixture

• Solution

• Physical Change

• Chemical Change