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Matter vocab 6 grade
vocab for phsical and chemical vocab words
| Defintion | Vocab word |
|---|---|
| The change of state from a solid to a liquid | Melting |
| The change of state from a liquid to a solid | Freezing |
| The change of state from a liquid to a gas | Vaporization |
| Vaporization that occurs thoughout a liquid | Boiling |
| Vaporization that occurs at the surface of a liquid below the liquid's boiling point | Evaporation |
| The change of state from a gas to a liquid | Condenseation |
| The change of state from a solid to a gas | Sublimation |
| The ability of a substance to be rolled or pounded into thin sheets | Malleabillity |
| The physical form in which a substance can exist;states include solid,liquid,gas,and plasma | States of matter |
| The state in which matter has a definite shape and volume | Solid |
| The state in which matter takes the shape of it's container and has a definite volume | Liquid |
| The state in which matter changes in both shape and volume | Gas |
| The amount of force exerted on a given area | Pressure |
| The state in which that does not have a definite shape or volume and whose particles have broken apart | Plasma |
| A property of matter that can be observed or measured without changing the identity of the matter | Physical propertty |
| The amount of matter on a given space or volume; the mass per unit volume of a substance | Density |
| A property of matter that describes a substance based on it's ability to change into a new substance or substances with different propeties | Chemical property |
| A change that affect one or more physical properties of a substance;sometimes the changes can undone | Physical change |
| A change that occurs when one or more substances are changing into a entirely new substances with different properties;the changes can not be reversed | Chemical change |
| Is the rate at when a substance transfers thermal energy | Thermal conductivity |
| Is the ability of a substance to dissolve in another substance | Soulubility |
| Is the physical form in which a substance exist, such as a solid,liquid,or gas | State |
| Is the ability of a substance to be pulled into a wire; copper is commonly use to make wire | Ductillity |