5.5A Physical Properties of Matter Vocabulary

the amount of space an object takes up- measured with a graduated cylinder in milliliter (mL)

• less dense

• volume

• mass

• magnetism

Solid, liquid, gas

• state of matter/phase of matter

• magnetism

• density

• volume

the amount of matter in an object- measured with a balance in grams (g)

• volume

• phase change

• matter

• mass

The phase of matter that has a definite shape and definite volume

• gas

• solid

• liquid

• solubility

the ability of an object to transfer heat or electricity to another object.

• solubility

• mass

• conductivity

• volume

to dissolve or evenly combine with another substance, to become part of a solution SOL family.

• phase change

• solubility

• magnetism

• matter

float

• more dense

• volume

• less dense

• conductivity

a material that limits or stops heat or electricity from passing through easily- rubber, wood, plastic, etc.

• conductor

• mass

• insulator

• volume

the measure of the force of gravity on an object - measured in Newtons (n)

• weight

• more dense

• matter

• volume

anything that has mass and takes up space

• matter

• solubility

• density

• volume