Properties of Matter Vocabulary

anything that has mass and takes up space

• matter

• solubility

• density

• volume

dissolve or evenly combine with another substance, to become part of a solution SOL family.

• phase change

• solubility

• magnetism

• matter

Solid, liquid, gas

• state of matter/phase of matter

• magnetism

• density

• volume

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

change from one state of matter to another when heat is added or taken away

• conductor

• insulator

• phase change

• weight

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A ​​ (a)   is any ​ (b)   that can be used to describe and identify an object.

• is any __ characteristic that can be used

• Characteristic

• property

• matter

• atom

Match the following

• volume

• The amount of space an object takes up.

• density

• How much matter occupies a given amount of space.

• mass

• How much matter is in something; measured in grams

One particle of table salt (NaCl) is best described as a (a)   .

• atom

• compound

• element

• mixture

Answer explanation

Table salt (NaCl) is a compound because it is made up of two different elements, sodium (Na) and chlorine (Cl), chemically bonded together.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The phase of matter that has a definite shape and definite volume

• gas

• solid

• liquid

• solubility

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The phase of matter that has a definite volume, but not a definite shape, it takes the shape of its container

• conductor

• solid

• liquid

• insulator

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A phase of matter that does not have a definite shape or volume

• solid

• density

• insulator

• gas