Vocabulary: Properties of Matter

Substances that contain hydrogen and have a pH lower than 7.

• Acids

• Bases

• Cohesion

• Adhesion

The property of water that makes it adhere 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 greater than 7.

• Bases

• Acids

• Elements

• Solution

Water appears to rise in 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 that represent a chemical element.

• Chemical symbol

• Chemical formula

• Matter

• Molecule

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The property of water that makes it adhere to itself.

• Cohesion

• Adhesion

• Capillary action

• Pure substance

A pure substance formed by the chemical combination of two or more elements; represented by a chemical formula.

• Compound

• Atoms

• Matter

• Molecule

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A pure substance that cannot be chemically decomposed into simpler substances.

• Element

• Molecule

• Homogeneous mixture

• Heterogeneous mixture