P.5.5A Vocabulary

a measure of a substance's capability to transmit light, heat, electricity, or sound

• conductivity

• reflection

• solubility

• relative density

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

how easily the smooth surface of a mineral can be scratched

• physical properties

• reflection

• hardness

• solubility

properties that do not change the chemical composition of an object, including mass, weight, hardness, temperature, size, magnetism, state of matter, relative density, solubility, and the ability to insulate or conduct heat or electricity

• physical properties

• relative density

• hardness

• solubility

how dense something is compared with a reference material (mass divided by volume)

• solubility

• relative density

• conductivity

• hardness

measurement of the ability of a solid to dissolve in a liquid

• electron

• physical change

• reflection

• solubility

the amount of matter in an object

• volume

• relative density

• mass

• magnetism

the amount of space an object takes up

• volume

• hardness

• mass

• relative density

ability to float

• mass

• insulator

• relative density

• buoyancy

the force of attraction or repulsion of magnetic materials

• buoyancy

• magnetism

• conductivity

• solubility

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

a material that does not allow heat or electricity to move through it easily

• conductivity

• hardness

• insulator

• volume

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4