Matter Vocabulary

Anything that has mass and takes up space.

• Matter

• Insulator

• Mixture

• Volume

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Properties of matter that can be observed, measured, or changed.

• Physical Properties

• Physical State

• Solution

• Temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The amount of matter in an object.

• Mass

• Matter

• Physical Properties

• Solubility

the material or substance that has mass and takes up space.

• physical properties

• matter

• solid

• filtration

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Match the following

• density

• How much matter occupies a given amount of space.

• mass

• How much matter is in something; measured in grams

• volume

• The amount of space an object takes up.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

One particle of table salt (NaCl) is best described as a (a)   .

• atom

• compound

• element

• mixture

Answer explanation

Table salt (NaCl) is a compound because it is made up of two different elements, sodium (Na) and chlorine (Cl), chemically bonded together.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

the amount of matter in an object (like weight)

• solid

• gas

• mass

• volume

two or more substances that are put together but may be separated by physical processes.

• floatation

• mixture

• sifting

• gas

the smallest parts of a substance, too small to be seen with your eyes

• mass

• particles of matter

• mixture

• solution

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

any of the characteristics of a substance used to describe it, such as volume, shape or size, color

• volume

• gas

• dissolving

• physical properties