Vocabulary: Properties of Matter

Substances that contain hydrogen and have a pH under 7.

• Acids
• Bases

• Cohesion

• Adhesion

The property of water that causes it to stick to other objects.

• Adhesion
• Cohesion

• Transport

• Compound

The smallest particle of an element.

• Atom
• Chemical symbol

• Chemical Formula

• Matter

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Substances that contain hydroxide and have a pH over 7.

• Bases
• Acids

• Elements

• Solution

Water seems to climb up small tubes due to adhesion.

• Capillary action
• Cohesion

• Elements

• Transport

Represents the type and number of atoms present in a particular substance.

• Chemical formula
• Chemical symbol

• pH

• Bases

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

One or two letters representing a chemical element.

• Chemical symbol
• Chemical Formula

• Matter

• Molecule

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The property of water that causes it to stick to itself.

• Cohesion
• Adhesion

• Capillary action

• Pure substance

A pure substance made by chemically combining two or more elements; represented by a chemical formula.

• Compound
• Atoms

• Matter

• Molecule

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A pure substance that cannot be broken down chemically into simpler substances.

• Element
• Molecule

• Homogenous mixture

• Heterogeneous mixture