| A | B |
| States of matter | Solid, liquid, gas |
| Matter | All living and nonliving things |
| Solid | definite shape and definite space |
| Liquid | definite space but not definite shape |
| Gas | No definite shape and particles move quickly |
| Mass | measure of the amount of matter in an object |
| Volume | amount of space taken up by matter |
| Density | amount of mass in a given volume of matter |
| Mixture | substances that are combined but can be separated again |
| Solution | mixture in which one or more substances are dissolved in another substance |
| Solute | substance that is dissolved |
| Solvent | substance that dissolves the materials added to it |
| Solubility | measure of the amount of a substance that will dissolve in another substance |
| Physical change | does not change the particles that make up matter |
| Chemical change | produces a completely different kind of matter |
| Element | pure substances |