Properties Of Matter Flashcards
Combination of two or more substances that can easily be separated in a physical way.
Mixture
Ability of a substance to dissolve in another substance, such as sugar dissolving in water.
Solubility
Properties of matter that can be observed, measured, or tested without changing the matter itself.
Physical properties
A type of mixture in which the particles of one or more substances or uniformly dispersed (spread out) throughout the substance.
Solution
Characteristics used to identify matter.
Properties
A way of measuring how hot or cold something is.
Temperature
Floating or sinking when compared to water.
Relative density
Energy related to the temperature of an object or substance.
Thermal / heat energy
The amount of space that a substance or object takes up.
Volume
Energy that is absorbed or delivered by an electric current.
Electrical energy
The International scale of measurement for temperature.
Celsius
A substance or object that does not allow energy to follow through it easily.
Insulator
A substance or object that allows energy to flow through it easily.
Conductor
A force of attraction that causes a magnetic material to move.
Magnetism
The process by which substances break down into small pieces and spread evenly in liquid.
Dissolving
The amount of matter in something.
Mass
Anything that has mass and takes up space.
Matter
