Vocabulary
Properties of Materials
Supporting Content
100

Anything that has mass and takes up space

What is matter?

100

Using a nail to scratch a piece of copper tests this property of material

What is hardness?

100
This is often used by scientists as an informative representation of an object, person, or system

What is a model?

200

A certain kind of material that is the same throughout

What is a substance?

200

This property of material was observed changing on the Statue of Liberty over a span of 30 years

What is color?

200

The size of the bubble in the syringe increased when this happened to the plunger

What is pull?

300

A term used to describe each small piece of matter

What is a particle?

300

This property of material is often described using words such as rough, smooth, bumpy, soft, or fluffy. 

What is texture?

300

Students discovered that this weighed something after using a scale on an empty balloon and a filled ballon

What is air?

400

This can be observed and measured to identify different materials and substances

What is properties of matter?

400

This property of material is often first observed with your nose

What is odor?

400

The size of the bubble in the syringe decreased when this happened to the plunger

What is push?