5th Grade Matter Vocabulary

The mixture of invisible gases that surrounds Earth

• Substance

• Air

• Solid

• Evaporate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Particles slide past each other, takes the shape of its container,

has fixed volume

• Liquid

• Solid

• Mass

• Matter

The amount of matter something is made of

• Matter

• Mass

• Solid

• Gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Any material that has physical properties

• Matter

• Dissolve

• Solid

• Substance

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Particles of a solid mix completely into a liquid and

seem to disappear

• Dissolve

• Evaporate

• Matter

• Liquid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Anything that has mass and takes up space

• Mass

• Solid

• Matter

• Gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Particles are tightly packed together, has fixed shape and volume

• Gas

• Solid

• Liquid

• Matter

Particles are fast moving, and they move to fill its container

• Liquid

• Gas

• Solid

• Substance

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Water molecules break away from a substance and move

into the air

• Dissolve

• Substance

• Evaporate

• Liquid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The smallest possible unit of matter (in 5th grade anyway...)

• Squirrel

• Particle

• Substance

• Solid

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-1