Unit 5 Vocabulary: Matter and Its Properties

Unit 5 Test will be on 3/5

Matter

Anything that has mass and takes up space

Mass

The amount of matter in an object

Volume

The amount of space an object takes up

Solid

A state of matter that keeps its shape

Liquid

A state of matter that takes the shape of its container

Gas

A state of matter that spreads out and fills its container

State of Matter

The form matter is in (solid, liquid, or gas)

Property

A characteristic that describes matter

Physical Property

A property you can observe without changing the matter (color, size, texture)

Texture

How something feels when touched

Density

How much matter is packed into a certain space

Change

When matter becomes different

Physical Change

A change that does not create a new substance

Chemical Change

A change that creates a new substance

Mixture

Two or more substances mixed together but not combined

Solution

A mixture where one substance dissolves in another

Dissolve

When a substance mixes completely into a liquid

Temperature

How hot or cold something is

Heating

Adding heat to matter

Cooling

Removing heat from matter

Measure

To find the size, mass, or volume of something