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Science
Matter | A physical substance |
Atom | The basic unit of a chemical element |
Substance | Real physical matter |
Element | A part or aspect of something abstract |
Molecule | A group of atoms bonded together |
Compound | A thing that is composed of two or more separate elements |
Mixture | A substance made by mixing other substances together |
Heterogeneous Mixture | A mixture is a material system made up of two or more different substances which are mixed but are not combined |
Homogeneous Mixture | Homogeneous as a term in physical chemistry and material science refers to substances and mixtures which are in a single phase. |
Nucleus | The central and most important part of an object |
Proton | A stable subatomic particle occurring in all atomic nuclei |
Neutron | A subatomic particle of about the same mass as a proton but without an electric charge |
Electron | A stable subatomic particle with a charge of negative electricity |
Electron cloud | An atomic orbital is a mathematical function that describes the wave-like behavior of either one electron |
Atomic Number | The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom |
Isotope | Each of two or more forms of the same element that contain equal numbers of protons but different numbers of neutrons in their nuclei |
Ion | Molecule with a net electric charge |