Properties of Matter

ability to be stretched into a wire without breaking

• density

• ductility

• hardness

• malleability

ability of a mineral to resist scratching

• hardness

• ductility

• luster

• streak

how the surface of a mineral appears when it reflects light (e.g., shiny or dull)

• conductivity

• streak

• luster

• malleability

ability to be formed or shaped under pressure (e.g., metals hammered or rolled into thin sheets)

• ductility

• hardness

• malleability

• streak

the amount of matter in something

• mass

• volume

• density

• ductility

substances that exhibit some properties of metals and nonmetals

• metals

• metalloids

• luster

• streak

substances that have the physical properties of being dull, insulators, and brittle; may appear in all three states of matter

• metals

• metalloids

• nonmetals

• mass

the color of a mineral seen when rubbed on a streak plate

• luster

• malleability

• streak

• ductility

the amount of space that a substance or object occupies

• density

• volume

• mass

• ductility

composes any physical substance

• Matter

• Cells

• Energy

• Atoms

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1