Properties of Matter
Vocabulary
Phases of Matter
Changing Matter
Random Matter Facts
100

The amount of matter that is inside something.

What is mass?

100

Anything that has volume and mass.

What is Matter?

100

This phase of matter has particles that have little movement and are arranged to have a specific shape and volume.

What are solids?

100

The point at which a liquid becomes a solid.

What is the freezing point?

100

The studies of matter and energy.

What are Chemistry and Physics?

200

The ability of something to float.

What is buoyancy?

200

The amount of space something takes up.

What is volume?

200

This phase of matter has particles that are free flowing and have a specific volume, but not a specific shape.

What are liquids?

200

The point at which a solid becomes a liquid.

What is the melting point?

200

In the beginning, the earth was...

What is formless/without form?

300

The amount of shine something has.

What is luster?

300

The amount of mass in a certain volume of matter.

What is density?

300

Particles in this phase of matter do not have a specific shape or volume. The are fast moving and fill their container.

What is gas?

300

The point in which a liquid becomes a gas.

What is the boiling point?

300

People float in this sea because it has more density from high levels of salt.

What is the Dead Sea?

400

If an object can be made into a wire, it is said to have this property.

What is ductility?

400

A liquid that doesn't behave like other liquids.

What is a non-Newtonian liquid?

400

Matter changes phases when you change this.

What is temperature?

400

The point in which a gas becomes a liquid.

What is the condensation point?

400

This material often looks like gold, but smells like sulfur and has a geometric shape. 

What is iron pyrite or fool's gold?

500
A material that is soft, bendable, and can change shape without breaking is called by this name.

What is malleable/plasticity?

500

The thickness or resistance to flow in a fluid.

What is viscosity?

500

The three phases of matter for H20.

What are ice, water, and steam?

500

This is another name for a Non-Newtonian fluid, or a substance that is both liquid and solid.

What is an amorphous solid?

500

The invisible "skin" formed on the surface of water as molecules stick together.

What is surface tension?