Physical Property Vocabulary

What is the measure of how hot or cold matter is called?

• Density

• Temperature

• Volume

• Solubility

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which of the following is not a state of matter?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Plasma

• Energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What term describes the hue that depends on how wavelengths appear to the eyes?

• Color

• Texture

• Volume

• Mass

What is the resistance of a material to withstand breakage called?

• Flexibility

• Hardness

• Brittleness

• Strength

What is the term for the smell matter emits?

• Odor

• Color

• Texture

• Volume

How much something can be shaped before breaking is known as what?

• Flexibility

• Hardness

• Malleability

• Density

What is the amount of matter an object contains called?

• Volume

• Mass

• Density

• Weight

What is the term for how much space something takes up?

• Mass

• Volume

• Density

• Weight

What is the relationship between mass and volume known as?

• Density

• Weight

• Flexibility

• Hardness

How a material's surface reflects light is referred to as what?

• Texture

• Luster

• Color

• Density

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2