Compare and Contrast Properties of Matter

A material that allows thermal or electrical energy to pass through.

• Insulator

• Conductor

• Electrical energy

• Thermal energy

To appear to disappear.

• Dissolve

• Solid

• Particle

• Physical State

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

A state of matter that does not have a definite shape or volume; particles are spaced out and move around very quickly.

• Matter

• Liquid

• Gas

• Solid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A material that does not allow energy to pass through it easily.

• Solid

• Particle

• Conductor

• Insulator

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

State of matter with a fixed volume, but not a fixed shape. Its shape changes to fit its container; particles flow past one another.

• Liquid

• Solid

• Gas

• Particle

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A force that attracts or repeals matter (NICS).

• Relative density

• Magnetism

• Solubility

• Temperature

The amount of matter in an object (measured in grams).

• mass

• matter

• volume

• density

Anything that has mass and takes up space.

• mass

• matter

• volume

• relative density

Characteristic of matter that can be observed, measured and changed without changing what it is.

• insulator

• magnetism

• solubility

• physical property

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A form that matter can take- solid, liquid, or gas.

• state of matter

• physical properties

• mass

• volume

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4