Matter Vocabulary

Matter is ____________

• Anything that has mass and takes up space.

• The property of attraction to a magnet.

  How dense something is compared with a reference material. Sink or Float

• Measurement of the ability of a solid to dissolve in a liquid.

• Energy that can be measured by a thermometer.

Mass is _________________

• The amount of matter in something; measured in grams.

• How dense something is compared with a reference material. Sink or Float

• How much space something takes up.

• Material that allows heat or electrical energy to easily flow through it.

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Physical Properties are _____________

• Measurement of the ability of a solid to dissolve in a liquid.

• Energy that can be measured by a thermometer.

• Measurable characteristics that describe the physical state of something, including mass, magnetism, temperature, density, shape, volume, and conductivity.

• The classification of matter as a solid, liquid, or gas.

Magnetism is ___________

• The amount of matter in something; measured in grams.

• Material through which heat or electricity does not easily flow.

• How much space something takes up.

• The property of attraction to a magnet.

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Physical State is _________

• How dense something is compared with a reference material. Sink or Float

• The classification of matter as a solid, liquid, or gas.

• How much space something takes up.

• Measurement of the ability of a solid to dissolve in a liquid.

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Relative Density is ____________

• Measurement of the ability of a solid to dissolve in a liquid.

• Anything that has mass and takes up space.

• The classification of matter as a solid, liquid, or gas.

• How dense something is compared with a reference material. Sink or Float

Solubility is __________

• How dense something is compared with a reference material. Sink or Float

• Anything that has mass and takes up space.

• How much space something takes up.

• Measurement of the ability of a solid to dissolve in a liquid.

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Thermal Energy

• The property of attraction to a magnet.

• Energy that can be measured by a thermometer.

• Measurable characteristics that describe the physical state of something, including mass, magnetism, temperature, density, shape, volume, and conductivity.

• How much space something takes up.

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Conductor

• The amount of matter in something; measured in grams.

• Material that allows heat or electrical energy to easily flow through it.

• How much space something takes up.

• Material through which heat or electricity does not easily flow.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

Insulator

• The amount of matter in something; measured in grams.

• Material that allows heat or electrical energy to easily flow through it.

• How much space something takes up.

• Material through which heat or electricity does not easily flow.

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