Science Vocabulary

PROPERTIES

• how to describe and classify matter

• allows heat to pass through

• how much space matter takes up

• the amount of matter in a substance

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

SOLUBILITY

• WHETHER OR NOT A SUBSTANCE DISSOLVES IN WATER

• WHETHER OR NOT AN OBJECT IS ATTRACTED TO A MAGNET

• WHETHER AN OBJECT SINKS OR FLOATS IN WATER

• GETS SMALLER UNTIL THE SUBSTANCE CAN NO LONGER BE SEEN

RELATIVE DENSITY

• WHETHER OR NOT A SUBSTANCE DISSOLVES IN WATER

• WHETHER OR NOT A SUBSTANCE IS ATTRACTED TO A MAGNET

• WHETHER OR NOT A SUBSTANCE SINKS OR FLOATS IN WATER

• GETS SMALLER UNTIL THE SUBSTANCE CAN NO LONGER BE SEEN

SOLID

• STATE OF MATTER THAT HAS A FIXED SHAPE AND VOLUME

• STATE OF MATTER THAT CHANGES SHAPE AND FIXED VOLUME

• STATE OF MATTER THAT CHANGES SHAPE AND VOLUME

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-3

LIQUID

• STATE OF MATTER THAT CHANGES SHAPE AND VOLUME

• STATE OF MATTER THAT HAS A FIXED SHAPE AND VOLUME

• STATE OF MATTER THAT CHANGES SHAPE AND FIXED VOLUME

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

GAS

• STATE OF MATTER CHANGES SHAPE AND FIXED VOLUME

• STATE OF MATTER THAT CHANGES SHAPE AND VOLUME

• STATE OF MATTER THAT HAS A FIXED SHAPE AND VOLUME

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

SOLUTE

• PART OF THE SOLUTION THAT DISSOLVES THE SOLUTE

• THE SUBSTANCE THAT DISSOLVES

• GETS SMALLER UNTIL A SUBSTANCE CAN NO LONGER BE SEEN

• WHETHER OR NOT A SUBSTANCE DISSOLVES IN WATER

SOLVENT

• A COMBINATION OF 2 OR MORE SUBSTANCES

• THE SUBSTANCE THAT DISSOLVES

• WHETHER OR NOT A SUBSTANCE DISSOLVES IN WATER

• PART OF THE SOLUTION THAT DISSOLVES THE SOLUTE

CONDUCTOR

• ALLOWS HEAT TO PASS THROUGH

• DOES NOT ALLOW HEAT TO PASS THROUGH

• A COMBINATION OF 2 OR MORE SUBSTANCES

• WHETHER OR NOT AN OBJECT IS ATTRACTED TO A MAGNET

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

INSULATOR

• ALLOWS HEAT TO PASS THROUGH

• DOES NOT ALLOW HEAT TO PASS THROUGH

• ANYTHING THAT HAS MASS AND TAKES UP SPACE

• WHETHER OR NOT AN OBJECT SINKS OR FLOATS IN WATER

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3