1. Physical properties of Matter Vocabulary

2. 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

3. Non-metal An element that has NO metallic properties.

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

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

6. Ductility The ability to be pulled into thin wires

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

8. Conductivity The ability of a substance to conduct electricity

9. State of matter solid, liquid, gas or plasma

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

11. Hardness The ability of one mineral to scratch another mineral

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

13. Volume The amount of space an object takes up

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

15. Mass The amount of matter in something