Matter and Properties

What is matter?

• Anything that has mass and takes up space

• A single kind of matter with a specific makeup

• A group of atoms held together by chemical bonds

• A process of separating liquids by boiling

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What is a physical property?

• A characteristic that can be observed without changing into another type of matter

• A characteristic that describes something's ability to become something else

• How easily a substance dissolves in another substance

• A process of separating liquids by boiling

What is a chemical property?

• A characteristic that can be observed without changing

• A characteristic that describes something's ability to become something else

• A single kind of matter with a specific makeup

• A basic unit from which all matter is made

What does solubility describe?

• The ability of a substance to become something else

• How easily a substance dissolves in another substance

• A group of atoms held together by chemical bonds

• A process of separating liquids by boiling

What is an atom?

• A single kind of matter with a specific makeup

• The basic unit from which all matter is made

• A group of two or more elements chemically combined

• A process of separating liquids by boiling

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What is an element?

• A group of atoms held together by chemical bonds

• Substances made up of only one type of atom

• A characteristic that can be observed without changing

• A process of separating liquids by boiling

What is a molecule?

• A single kind of matter with a specific makeup

• A group of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds

• A basic unit from which all matter is made

• A process of separating liquids by boiling

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What is a compound?

• A single kind of matter with a specific makeup

• A substance made of two or more elements that are chemically combined in a set ratio

• A characteristic that can be observed without changing

• A process of separating liquids by boiling

What is a mixture?

• A single kind of matter with a specific makeup

• Made up of two or more substances that are together in the same place

• A basic unit from which all matter is made

• A process of separating liquids by boiling

The breaking of a pencil is what kind of change?

• phase

• physical

• chemical