5th - Science Unit 1 Lesson 2 Vocab Flashcards
(19 cards)
What is a measure of the amount of matter in an object?
Mass
What is a property that can be observed without changing the identity of an object?
Physical Property
What is the passing of heat through a material while the material itself stays in place?
Conduction*** (conductivity)
What is the ability of an object to push or pull on another object that has the magnetic property?
Magnetism
What is the movement of light through a substance or object?
Light Transmission
What is a property that is shown when a substance interacts with other substances?
Chemical Property
What is how strongly gravity pulls on an object?
Weight
What measures how much space matter takes up?
Volume
What is the amount of matter in a certain volume of a substance; found by dividing the mass of an object by its volume?
Mass/Volume = ?
Density
What is the resistance to sinking?
Buoyancy
What is it called when an objects or substances that allow most light to pass through?
Transparent **
What is it called when some objects or substances blur light as it passes through?
Translucent **
What is it called when an object or substance allows little or no light to pass through?
Opaque ***
What is a chemical property of a substance that describes its ability to catch on fire or burn?
Flammability
What is when metals combine with nonmetals from the environment?
Corrosion
What does not depend on the amount of substance present? Example - density
Intensive Properties
What does depend on the amount of substance present? Examples - mass, length, and volume
Extensive Properties
What are physical properties that can be observed without having to measure an object, such as color?
Qualitative Properties
What are physical properties that can be measured, such as mass?
Quantitative Properties
