Matter Vocabulary

anything that has mass and takes up space

• matter

• gas

• solid

• liquid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

a particular kind of matter with uniform properties

• insulator

• dissolve

• substance

• conductor

a piece of proof that shows something is true

• control

• evidence

• material

• contract

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

the qualities and characteristics of a substance that describe and identify it

• quantitative data

• heating

• qualitative data

• properties

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

the act of solvation, when a solid is mixed into a liquid, creating a solution

• dissolve

• conductor

• variables

• properties

characteristics or conditions that exist in different amounts or types and can be changed in an experiment

• heating

• expand

• variables

• cooling

a change in which no new materials form

• matter

• physical change

• expand

• chemical change

a change in which one or more new types of matter form

• physical change

• states of matter

• solid

• chemical change

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

data that can be counted or measured in numerical values

• liquid

• qualitative data

• quantitative data

• solid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

information that describes characteristics or qualities about something

• conductor

• qualitative data

• physical change

• quantitative data

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2