Structures and Properties of Matter

The amount of space something (solid, liquid, gas) takes up.

• matter

• mass

• volume

• element

Anything that has mass and takes up space.

• volume

• matter

• solid

• temperature

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-1

NGSS.5-PS1-3

The state of matter in which a substance has a definite volume but no definite shape.

• gas

• liquid

• solid

• matter

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The state of matter in which a substance has a definite shape and definite volume.

• solid

• gas

• atom

• liquid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The state of matter in which a substance does not have a definite shape or volume.

• element

• compound

• gas

• liquid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A change in which the form or shape of a substance changes but the chemical makeup of the substance remains the same (it does not create a new substance).

• chemical change

• reaction

• physical change

• solution

A change in one or more substances, caused by a chemical reaction, that forms new and different substances.

• mixture

• physical change

• element

• chemical change

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

A combination of two or more different substances in which the substances keep their identities.

• reaction

• mixture

• solution

• atom

Matter that is made of only one kind of atom.

• compound
• volume
• element
• atom

A substance made of atoms of two or more elements that have combined chemically.

• compound
• matter
• volume
• chemical change