science vocab word | Definition |
Property | a way to describe matter, such as color, shape, and hardness |
Chemistry | the scientific study of what matter is made of and how it reacts when it comes into contact with other matter |
Physics | the scientific study of what energy is and how it interacts with matter |
Electron | a part of an atom that has a negative electrical charge and is found outside the atom's nucleus |
Neutron | a part of an atom that has no electrical charge and is found inside the atom's nucleus |
Proton | a part of an atom that has a positive electrical charge and is found in the atom's nucleus |
Density | the measure of how much mass something has for it's size |
solid | matter that has a definite shape and volume |
liquid | matter that has a definite volume but no definite shape |
gas | matter that has no definite shape or volume |
compound | a substance that is found when the atoms of 2 or more elements join together chemically |
mixture | a substance made of 2 or more elements or compounds that mixed together but not chemically joined |
solution | a kind of mixture in which one substance dissolved, or seems to disappear, into another substance |
physical science | the study of the properties of science |
Homogeneous | uniform distribution |
Elements | consists of only 1 kind of atom |
Solute | a substance that can be dissolved, sometimes into solvent |
solvent | the substance doing the dissolving |
colloids | particle sizes that are in between the size of particles found in solutions and suspensions |
Heterogeneous | substances that are not uniformly mixed like sand in a glass of water |
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