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Properties and Structure of Matter

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matter   anything that has mass and takes up space  
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mass   a measure of the amount of matter in an object  
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volume   a measure of how much space an object takes up  
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weight   the force of gravity between Earth and an object  
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density   a measure of how tightly packed the matter in an object is  
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conduct   to allow energy to flow through materials easily  
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insulate   to prevent heat from passing through  
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element   a pure substance that cannot be broken down into any simpler substances  
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compound   any substance that is formed by the chemical combination of two or more elements and acts like a single substance  
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atom   the smallest unit of an element that retains the properties of that element  
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proton   a particle in the nucleus of an atom that carries one unit of positive electric charge  
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neutron   a particle in the nucleus of an atom that has no net electric charge  
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electron   a particle in the space outside the nucleus of an atom that carries one unit of negative electric charge  
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nucleus   an atom's dense center, where most of its mass is  
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molecule   a particle that contains more than one atom joined together  
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