Matter Vocabulary

What is matter?

• The stuff that makes up everything

• Something that can fly

• A type of food

• A kind of music

What are physical properties?

• Colors of the rainbow

• Things that can be observed or measured

• Types of animals

• Names of planets

What is a solid?

• Matter that has a shape of its own

• A type of liquid

• A kind of gas

• Something that can fly

What is a liquid?

• Matter that changes shape depending on its container

• A solid object

• A type of gas

• A type of rock

What is heat?

• A way that energy can change matter

• A way to cool things down

• A way to freeze water

• A way to make things heavier

What is melting?

• Changing something from a solid to a liquid

• The process of freezing water

• The process of turning gas into a solid

• The process of making something colder

What does "freezing" mean?

• Changing something from a liquid to a solid

• The process of heating something

• The act of melting ice

• The movement of air

What does it mean to "classify"?

• To arrange things into groups based on how they are alike

• To mix everything together

• To throw things away

• To hide things

What is "flexibility"?

• Capable of bending without breaking

• The ability to stay still

• The act of breaking easily

• The process of freezing

What does the word "texture" mean?

• The color of an object

• The way an object feels

• The size of an object

• The weight of an object