Unit 3 Matter vocab

anything that takes up space, the 3 states of this are solid, liquid, and gas

• matter

• pan balance

• temperature

• ice

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

a characteristic of matter that you can observe or measure directly, hardness, flexibility, size, shape, color

• graduated cylinder

• thermometer

• physical property

• snow flake

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-3

describes how easily an object can be scratched or cracked

• flexibility

• hardness

• matter

• mass

describes how easily and object can bend

• flexibility

• hardness

• matter

the amount of matter an object has, the measure of how hard it is to move an object, a balance measures this

• mass

• solid

• hardness

• flexibility

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

the amount of space an object takes up, measuring solid form: length x width x height, measuring liquid form: graduated cylinder

• mass

• volume

• flexibility

a measure of how warm something is, thermometer measures this with a scale of numbers

• freezing

• temperature

• fire

• snow

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

matter that takes up a definite amount of space, has a definite shape, ice is an example of this

• solid

• liquid

• gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

matter that takes up a definite amount of space, but does not have a definite shape, takes shape of their containers, drinking water is an example of this

• solid

• liquid

• gas

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-3

matter that does not take up a definite amount of space and does not have a definite shape, air and water vapor are examples of this

• solid

• liquid

• gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4