1. Properties of Matter
Vocabulary Review

2. the smell of an object or substance
odor

3. sour, sweet, salty, spicy, etc…
taste

4. whether something is male or female
gender

5. the ability of an object to be stretched and returned to its original shape
elasticity

6. the measure of the heat created by the motion of the molecules in a substance
temperature

7. the ability to see through an object (transparent, translucent, or opaque)
clarity

8. loud, quiet, high, low, etc.
sound

9. the temperature at which a liquid boils and turns to a vapor
boiling point

10. the number of crests of a wave that move past a given point in a given unit of time. (measured in Hertz for sound or nanometers for light)
frequency

11. how easily something burns
flammability

12. the amount of mass per unit of volume
density

13. the property of a material that enables it to resume its original shape or position after being bent, stretched, or compressed
resiliency

14. how easily something dissolves in water
solubility

15. how a substance or object feels when touched
texture

16. the resistance of a substance to flowing
viscosity

17. the ability of an object to emit visible light when it receives ultraviolet light
fluorescence

18. how heavy an object is due to gravitational pull on the mass of an object
weight

19. the quantity of motion of a moving body, measured as a product of its mass and velocity
momentum

20. the amount of material in an object
mass

21. the condition in which a material sticks to itself or another material
adhesion

22. the motion of electrical charge that results in attractive or repulsive forces between objects
magnetism

23. whether an object is a solid, liquid or gas
state of matter

24. how easily something shatters
brittleness

25. when a substance spontaneously undergoes a chemical reaction when exposed to water
reactivity to water

26. the ability of a material to emit light in a process not caused solely by a rise in temperature
luminescence

27. the rate of flow of a liquid or gas through a porous material
permeability

28. the measure of void spaces in a material
the measure of void spaces in a material. (volume of empty space able to be filled with other material)
porosity

29. the ability of a material “bounce off” light from its surface
reflectivity

30. the temperature at which a solid will melt
melting point

31. a measure of how readily a substance vaporizes
volatility

32. the amount of space taken up by an object
volume

33. the ability of an object to bend
flexibility

34. how shiny an object is
luster

35. when materials give up electrons as when combined with oxygen
oxidation

36. the saltiness or level of dissolved salt content of a body liquid
salinity

37. the ability to be drawn into a thin wire
ductility

38. the speed of something in a given direction
velocity

39. the degree to which a substance can harm living organisms
toxicity

40. the ability to allow electricity or heat to pass through
conductivity

41. the intensity of light emitted from a surface per unit area in a given direction
luminance

42. the placement of an object in relation to another object
position

43. the ability to be pounded into a thin sheet
malleability

44. how easily something burns
combustibility