Interactions in Matter - Vocabulary

To spread out evenly in a liquid

• Substance

• Solution

• Matter

• Dissolve

A scientific tool used to greatly enlarge the image of small objects

• Matter

• Telescope

• Particle

• Microscope

Physical or chemical characteristics of matter used to describe or identify a substance

• Properties

• Volume

• Solution

• Substance

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

To use the senses to examine or inspect

• Model

• Hypothesize

• Substance

• Observe

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Units with agreed-upon values that are used by different individuals to measure the same thing

• Nephelometric Turbidity Units

• Standard Units

• Measure

• Substance

A combination of two or more substances in which each keeps its own properties and both can be easily separated

• Substance

• Solution

• Mixture

• Gas

The amount of space matter takes up; measured in liters , cubic centimeters, or milliliters

• Microscope

• Matter

• Temperature

• Volume

A limited representation of something that can help us understand its structure or how it works

• Volume

• Matter

• Model

• Measurement

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The size, length, or amount of something, as established by measuring

• Substance

• Particle

• Temperature

• Measurement

Matter with no set volume and no set shape

• Standard Units

• Mixture

• Gas

• Volume

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4