Physical properties of Matter Vocabulary

Metals An element that is generally shiny, is easily pulled into wires or hammered into thin sheets, and is a good conductor of electricity or thermal energy

Non-metal An element that has NO metallic properties.

Metalloid An element that has physical and chemical properties of BOTH metals and non-metals.

Malleability The capability of a substance to be hammered into thin sheets

Ductility The ability to be pulled into thin wires

Semi-conductor A substance that conducts electricity at high temperatures but not at low temperatures. METALLOID

Conductivity The ability of a substance to conduct electricity

State of matter solid, liquid, gas or plasma

Streak The color of the powder produced when it is dragged across an unweathered surface such as tilecolor

Hardness The ability of one mineral to scratch another mineral

Luster How the surface of matter appears when it reflects light.

Volume The amount of space an object takes up

Magnetism When things stick to magnets or are drawn to magnets, they have magnetism

Mass The amount of matter in something