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chapter 3

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Matter   Everything that has mass and takes up space  
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Element   The ingredients that make up other things that cannot be broken down anymore  
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Metals   Good conductors of heat and electricity and can also bend without breaking  
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Nonmetals   They do not conduct heat or electricity well and can either be a liquid or a gas  
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Semimetals   They are sometimes metals and sometimes nonmetals  
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Atom   The smallest part of an element that still has the element's properties  
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Atomic Theory   States that everything is made up of atoms  
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Compound   Something that is made up of 2 or more elements  
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Molecule   The smallest part of a compound that still has the compound's properties  
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Proton   Has a positive charge  
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Neutron   Has a neutral charge  
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Electron   Has a negative charge  
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Solid   Has a definite shape and volume. Particles are very close together.  
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Liquid   Definite volume but no shape. Particles move past each other.  
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gas   No definite shape or volume.Particles spread out everywhere.  
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Plasma   Like a gas, but conducts electricity like a metal. Occurs with high temps or electricity.  
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Melting Point   When solid turns to liquid  
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Evaporation   When liquid becomes a gas  
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Condensation   When gas becomes a liquid  
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chemical change   One or more types of matter change into other matter  
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Law Of Conservation Of Mass   In a chemical change, matter cannot be created or destroyed. It can only be converted.  
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