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Properties of Matter
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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volume | the amount of space that an object |
mass | the amount of matter in an object |
matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
weight | a measure of how s trongly gravity pulls on an object. |
state of matter | one of three forms that matter can take |
melting point | the particular tempautere at witch a subtends change as state to solid to liquid |
evaporation | the slow changing of a liquid into a gas |
boiling point | the particular temperature at which a subcante changes state to liquid to gas |
freezing point | the particular tempature at which a substance changes liquid to solid |
sublimation | the procces in which matter changes state from a solid directly into gas |
density | a measure of how titly matter is packed ina given amount of space |