SCIENCE 8 QUARTER 3 MATTER

Anything that has mass and takes up space

• Volume
• Energy
• Force
• Matter

The study of matter and its changes

• Physics
• Chemistry
• Biology
• Geology

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

• Thermal property
• Physical property
• Biological property
• Chemical property

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

• Physical property
• Chemical reaction
• Elemental characteristic
• Chemical property

A measure of the force of gravity on an object.

• Force
• Weight
• Density
• Mass

The amount of space an object occupies.

• Volume

• Density

• Weight

• Mass

A property that can be measured without changing the identity of the substance.

• Chemical property

• Biological property

• Physical property

• Thermal property

The smallest unit of an element that retains the properties of that element.

• Compound

• Molecule

• Ion

• Atom

The measure of the amount of matter in an object.

• Density

• Volume

• Mass

• Weight

The state of matter characterized by a definite shape and volume.

• Plasma

• Solid

• Gas

• Liquid