States of Matter Vocabulary

A rapid phase transition from a liquid to a gas or vapor.

• Boil

• Gas

• Condense

• Freeze

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A change in state from a gas to a liquid.

• Freeze

• Gas

• Condense

• Matter

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A change in state from a liquid to a gas.

• Condense

• Evaporate

• Gas

• Matter

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A change in state from a liquid to a solid by lowering the temperature.

• Freeze

• Melt

• Solid

• Vapor

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A state of matter with no definite shape or volume.

• Liquid

• Matter

• Solid

• Gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A state of matter with no definite shape, but has a definite volume.

• Matter

• Gas

• Liquid

• Solid

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-3

Anything that has mass and takes up space

• Solid

• Matter

• Vapor

• Particle

A change in state from a solid to a liquid by increasing the temperature.

• Boil

• Condense

• Melt

• Freeze

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

An extremely tiny piece of matter.

• Particle

• Matter

• Particle Motion

• Gas

The rate of motion of particles in a substance.

• Gas

• Particle

• Matter

• Particle Motion

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4