Describe & Classify Matter

Anything that has mass and takes up space.

• physical property

• matter

• substance

• compound

A single kind of matter that is pure and has a specific set of properties.

• matter

• mixture

• atom

• substance

A characteristic of a pure substance that can be observed without changing it into another substance.

• element

• atom

• physical property

• matter

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

• chemical property

• mixture

• atom

• element

The basic particle from which all elements are made.

• compound

• matter

• chemical property

• atom

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

A pure substance that cannot be broken down into other substances by chemical or physical means.

• element

• substance

• atom

• matter

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

A neutral group of two or more atoms held together by covalent bonds.

• matter

• atom

• chemical property

• molecule

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A substance made of two or more elements chemically combined in a specific ratio or proportion.

• mixture

• atom

• compound

• element

Two or more substances that are together in the same place but their atoms are not chemically bonded.

• mixture

• physical property

• chemical property

• atom