Nature of Matter Vocabulary

Anything that has mass and takes up space.

• Compound

• Matter

• Atom

• Element

The basic unit of matter

• Compound

• Matter

• Atom

• Element

substance formed by the chemical combination of two or more elements in definite proportions

• Compound

• Chemical Bond

• Element

• Matter

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

smallest unit of most compounds that displays all the properties of that compound

• Matter

• Molecule

• Compound

• Element

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

pure substance that consists entirely of one type of atom

• Nucleus

• Electron

• molecule

• element

the small, dense region consisting of protons and neutrons at the center of an atom

• Nucleus

• Electron

• Atom

• Isotope

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

negatively charged particle; located in the space surrounding the nucleus

• Proton

• Electron

• Compound

• Neutron

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

one of several forms of a single element, which contains the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons

• van der Waals forces

• Molecule

• Ion

• Isotope

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

chemical bond formed when one or more electrons are transferred from one atom to another

• Molecule

• Ionic Bond

• Covalent Bond

• van der Waals Forces

atom that has a positive or negative charge

• ion
• element
• compound
• molecule