Matter Vocabulary Quiz

is a characteristic of a substance that can change, but the changes do not produce a different substance.

• Element

• Physical Property

• Pure substance

• Physical change

is a characteristic of a substance that describes its ability to change into different substances.

• Chemical Property

• Chemical Change

• Physical Property

• Physical Change

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

describe the appearance of a substance.

• Physical Property

• Molecule

• Atom

• Physical change

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A sample of matter that has definite chemical and physical properties.

• Atom

• Pure substance

• Compound

• Element

Chemical change alter the composition(structure) of one or more substances.

• Compound

• Physical change

• Chemical change

• Chemical Property

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Made of one kind of atom and  can be found on the Periodic Table of the Elements.

• Element

• Periodic Table

• Atom

• Molecule

Answer explanation

An atom is the basic particle from which all elements are made.

• Molecule

• Atom

• Element

• Substance

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

is a group of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds.

• Molecule

• Substance

• Solid

• Atom

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

is a measure of how much mass of a substance is contained in a given volume.

• Mass

• Volume

• Element

• Density

Mass is the amount of matter in an object.

• Volume

• Atom

• Density

• Mass