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Properties of Matter

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Physical Property   a property that can be observed, measured, or changed without changing what the object is made of  
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Measuring   developing and using appropriate units of measurement for length, area, mass, volume, time, weight and temperature  
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Matter   anything that has mass and takes up space  
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Mass   the amount of matter in an object  
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Meter   a metric unit to measure length (height from the floor to a doorknob)  
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Millimeter   a metric unit to measure length (1,000 mm = 1 m) (the width of a pencil lead)  
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Centimeter   a metric unit to measure length (100 cm = 1 m) (th e width of a little finger)  
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Decimeter   a metric unit to measure length (10 dm = 1 m) (length of a new crayon)  
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Kilometer   a metric unit to measure length (1,000 m = 1 km) (distance from school to the grocery store)  
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Gram   a metric unit to measure mass (mass of a large paper clip)  
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Kilogram   a metric unit to measure mass (1,000 g = 1 kg) (mass of a textbook)  
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Volume   amount of space that matter takes up  
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Capacity   the maximum volume of a container  
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Liter   a metric unit to measure volume (volume of liquid in half of a large soda bottle)  
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Milliliter   a metric unit to measure volume (1,000 mL = 1 L) (volume of liquid in 2-3 water drops  
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Displacement   method for finding volume of objects with irregular shapes (such as a rock)  
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Magnetism   the pushing or pulling force between the poles of magnets  
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Sink   an object falls to the bottom in water  
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Float   an object sits on top of water  
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Solid   matter that has a definite shape and takes up a definite amount of space  
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Liquid   matter that takes the shape of its container and takes up a definite amount of space  
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Gas   matter that has no definite shape and takes up no definite amount of space  
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Temperature   the measure of the warmth or coldness of an object  
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Celsius   a metric unit to measure temperature  
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Evaporation   the process of changing a liquid into a gas  
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Condensation   the process of changing a gas into a liquid  
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Mixture   a combination of two or more different kinds of matter, each of which keeps its own physical properties  
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Solution   a mixture in which the particles of different kinds of matter are mixed evenly with each other  
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Dissolve   to make a solution of, such as salt in water  
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Solubility   a measure of the amount of a material that will dissolve in another material  
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Salinity   the amount of salt dissolved in water  
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