Matter Vocab

Physical property that tells whether a sample of matter is a solid, liquid or gas.

• solid
• liquid
• gas
• states of matter

Matter that has a definite shape and takes up a definite amount of space.

• solid
• liquid
• gas
• plasma

Matter that takes up a definite amout of space but has no definite shape

• solid
• liquid
• gas 
• plasma

matter that has no definite shape and does not take up a definite space.

• solid
• liquid
• gas
• plasma

A collection of charged particles that respond strongly and collectively to electromagnetic fields.  A ball of lightening would be an example.

• solid
• liquid
• gas 
• plasma

The temperature at which a solid melts to a liquid

• plasma
• melting point
• boiling point
• freezing point

The temperature at which a liquid becomes a gas.

• melting point
• boiling point
• freezing poing
• condensation

The temperature at which a liquid changes to a solid.

• melting point
• boiling point
• freezing point
• condensation

the process at which gas cools, slows down, and comes together to form a liquid.

• boiling point
• freezing point
• chihuahua
• condensation

The process when fast moving particles of a liquid escape and become a gas.

• condensation
• evaporation
• atoms
• mass