Physical Properties and Mixtures 1

Physical Property

• Characteristic of matter observable or measurable,

  changeable without altering matter

• Anything with mass and occupies space

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Matter

• Characteristic of matter observable or measurable,

  changeable without altering matter

• Anything with mass and occupies space

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Mass

• Anything with mass and occupies space

• Amount of matter in an object

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Weight

• Measure of gravity's effect on an object's mass

• Space occupied by matter

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Relative Density

• Space occupied by matter

• Comparison of object's density to water's density

Solubility

• Ability of a substance to dissolve in another substance

• State of matter with fixed shape and volume

Volume

• Space occupied by matter

• Comparison of object's density to water's density

Liquid

• State of matter with fixed volume, but variable shape

• State of matter with fixed shape and volume

• State of matter with no fixed shape or volume

Solid

• State of matter with fixed volume, but variable shape

• State of matter with fixed shape and volume

• State of matter with no fixed shape or volume

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Gas

• State of matter with no fixed shape or volume

• State of matter with fixed volume, but variable shape

• State of matter with fixed shape and volume

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4