Classifying Matter Vocabulary

Properties of matter than can be observed, measured, or changed without changing the matter itself

• solution

• conductor

• physical properties

• relative density

A combination of two or more substances that can be easily separated in some physical way

• mixture

• solution

• liquid

• mass

A state of matter in which the substance expands to take both the shape and the volume of its container

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• mass

A substance or object that allows energy to flow through it easily

• insulator

• relative density

• mass

• conductor

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An attracting or repelling force that causes a magnetic material to move

• matter

• magnetism

• physical properties

• insulator

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Definite shape and size

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• relative density

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Anything that has mass and takes up space

• matter

• mass

• liquid

• insulator

The ability of a substance to dissolve in another substance, such as sugar dissolving in water

• mixture

• conductor

• solubility

• states of matter

The amount of matter in something

• liquid

• dissolving

• mass

• dissolving

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A type of mixture in which the particles of one or more substances are diss

• solubility

• solid

• solution

• states of matter