| A | B |
| matter | anything that takes up space and has mass |
| property | something about matter that you can observe with one or more of you senses |
| solid | matter that has a definite shape and definite volume |
| liquid | matter that has no definite shape, but has definite volume |
| gas | the form of matter which has no shape, and no volume |
| pressure | force that is applied to a substance |
| element | matter that has only one kind of atom |
| atom | one of the timy particles that make up all of matter |
| periodic table | an arrangement of elements based on their properties |
| mass | amount of matter |
| volume | amount of space matter takes up |
| density | measure of the amount of matter in a certain amount of space |
| buoyancy | force exerted on an object that is immersed in a gas or liquid that tends to make it float |