Matter and Measurement Vocabulary
anything that takes up space and has mass matter anything that takes up space and has mass
one of the 3 states of matter solid one of the 3 states of matter definite shape definite volume
one of the 3 states of matter gas one of the 3 states of matter no definite shape no definite volume
one of the 3 states of matter liquid one of the 3 states of matter no definite shape definite volume
a characteristic that can be measured or observed property a characteristic that can be measured or observed
the distance between two points length the distance between two points
the amount of matter in an object mass the amount of matter in an object
the amount of space an object takes up volume the amount of space an object takes up
the exact quantity used to measure a certain property units the exact quantity used to measure a certain property for example: grams measure mass
the metric unit of measure for length meter the metric unit of measure for length
the metric unit of measure for mass grams the metric unit of measure for mass
the metric unit of measure for volume liter the metric unit of measure for volume