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5 Science B1
Chapter B1 Science Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS | A CHART THAT CLASSIFIES ELEMENTS BY THEIR PROPERTIES. |
MATTER | ANYTHING THAT TAKES UP SPACE AND HAS MASS. MAY BE A LIQUID, SOLID, OR GAS. |
ELEMENT | A SUBSTANCE THAT CANNOT BE BROKEN DOWN INTO OTHER SUBSTANCES BY HEAT, LIGHT, OR ELECTRICITY |
METAL | SUBSTANCE THAT MAY BE SHINY, CONDUCT HEAT AND ELECTRICITY, AND HAMMERED INTO THIN SHEETS, OR PULLED INTO LONG, THIN WIRES. |
NONMETAL | SUBSTANCE THAT IS USUALLY NOT SHINY, DOES NOT CONDUCT HEAT OR ELECTRICITY, AND CANNOT BE HAMMERED INTO THIN SHEETS, OR PULLED INTO LONG, THIN WIRES. |
MENDELEEV | FATHER OF THE PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS |
ATOM | THE SMALLEST PARTICLE OF AN ELEMENT THAT HAS THE PROPERTIES OF THAT ELEMENT. |
NUCLEUS | THE CENTER OF AN ATOM, WHERE PROTONS AND NEUTRONS ARE LOCATED. |
PROTON | PARTICLE IN AN ATOM THAT HAS A POSITIVE CHARGE. |
NEUTRON | PARTICLE IN AN ATOM THAT HAS NO CHARGE. |
ELECTRON | PARTICLE IN AN ATOM THAT HAS A NEGATIVE CHARGE. |
MOLECULE | TWO OR MORE ATOMS JOINED TOGETHER; THE SMALLEST UNIT OF MANY SUBSTANCES. |
COMPOUND | A SUBSTANCE MADE UP OF ATOMS OF MORE THAN ONE ELEMENT JOINED TOGETHER IN A MOLECULE. |
MIXTURE | TWO OR MORE SUBSTANCES THAT ARE MIXED TOGETHER, BUT CAN BE SEPARATED OUT BECAUSE THEIR ATOMS ARE NOT COMBINED. |
SOLUTION | A MIXTURE IN WHICH SUBSTANCES BREAK UP INTO THEIR MOST BASIC PARTICLES, WHICH ARE TOO SMALL TO BE SEEN, AND SPREAD EVENLY THROUGH ANOTHER SUBSTANCE. |
PHYSICAL PROPERTY | A WAY OF DESCRIBING AN OBJECT USING TRAITS THAT CAN BE OBSERVED OR MEASURED WITHOUT CHANGING THE SUBSTANCE INTO SOMETHING ELSE. |
PHYSICAL CHANGE | A CHANGE IN ONE OR MORE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES. |
CHEMICAL PROPERTY | DESCRIBES THE WAY A SUBSTANCE REACTS WITH OTHER SUBSTANCES. |
CHEMICAL CHANGE | A CHANGE THAT PRODUCES NEW SUBSTNANCES WITH NEW PROPERTIES. |
CHEMICAL REACTION | A PROCESS THAT PRODUCES ONE OR MORE SUBSTANCES THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE ORIGINAL SUBSTANCES |