Properties of Matter Vocabulary
Properties of Matter Vocabulary
Part II
Part I
Chemical change - a change in matter that produces new substances
Luster – the way a mineral reflects light from it surface (p)
Chemical property- a characteristic that is observed when a substance
Hardness – the comparative ability of a substance to scratch or be
interacts with another substance
scratched by another (p)
Gas- a state of matter that has no definite volume and no definite shape (p)
Malleability – a material that can be pounded or rolled into shape (p)
Conductivity – a measure of the ability of a given substance to conduct
Liquid- a state of matter that has a definite volume and no definite shape (p)
electric current (p)
Mass- a measure of how much matter is in an object (p)
Ductility – a measure to describe a material that can be drawn out into a
long wire (p)
Physical change- a change that alters the form or appearance of a
material but does not make the material into another substance
Physical property- a characteristic of a substance that can be observed
without changing the substance into something else
Texture – the characteristic physical structure given to a material, an object,
etc., by the size, shape, arrangement, and proportions of its parts (p)
Density – the measurement of how much mass of a substance is contained
in a given volume (p)
Solid- a state of matter that has a definite volume and a definite shape (p)
Volume- the amount of space occupied by matter
Boiling Point – the temperature at which a substance changes from a
liquid to a gas (p)
Melting Point – the temperature at which a substance changes from a
solid to a liquid (p)
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Matter
Freezing Point – the temperature at which a substance changes from a
liquid to a solid (p)
Flammability – the quality of being easily ignited and burning rapidly (c)
Rusting – the quality of iron reacting with oxygen to form a reddish-brown
material (c)
Tarnishing – to lose luster, and become discolored ©
Science 8- Scientific Investigations