Matter
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
a
t
e
That which has mass and occupies space
2.
o
u
e
Capable of being dissolved in some solvent
3.
o
i
n
The application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas
4.
r
e
z
g
The withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
5.
q
u
i
State of matter that flows like water
6.
o
i
State of matter with a fixed shape
7.
e
i
t
The vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
8.
s
s
How much matter something contains
9.
r
a
y
Force that pulls objects toward the Earth
11.
d
e
t
How tightly packed the matter in something is
12.
v
o
l
How loud something is, or how much space it fills
13.
u
b
a
e
The real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
14.
a
t
r
i
The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
17.
n
s
t
i
o
The act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents
18.
t
e
e
t
u
How hot or cold something is
19.
a
p
Any spatial attributes
20.
r
m
A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram (plural)
22.
a
h
r
e
t
German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature