The Nature of Matter

Solid, liquid, or gas.

• States of matter

• Phases of matter

• Both States of Matter, and Phases of Matter, are correct

• Plasma

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

How well a substance allows heat or electricity to move 

   through it. 

• Conductivity

• Resistance

• Melting point

• Freezing point

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Substances which have a fixed shape and volume.

• Gases

• Liquids

• Solids

• Plasmas

The amount of matter in a substance. 

• Mass

• Volume

• Density

• Weight

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

The mass of a certain volume of matter.

• Density

• Weight

• Volume

• Height

Substances which have a fixed volume and take the 

   shape of their container.

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Plasma

Able to be squashed.

• Matter

• Density

• Conductive

• Compressible

The non-chemical properties of matter.

• Physical properties

• Atoms

• Acidity, Basicity, Neutrality

• Combustibility, Reactivity, Oxidation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The amount of space a substance occupies.

• Density

• Mass

• Volume

• Weight

What are the three states of matter?

• solid, volume, mass

• density, volume, mass

• solid, liquid, gas

• density, gas, volume

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4