Matter Notes
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| Accuracy | Being correct or precise.
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| Calibration | Calibrating an instrument or experimental readings.
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| Graduated Cylinder | A piece of laboratory equipment used to measure volume.
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| International System of Measurement | An internationally accepted system of physical units.
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| Liquid | Being in a state with a definite volume but no fixed shape.
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| Mass | Being in a state with no definite shape.
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| Matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space.
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| Meniscus | A curved upper surface of a liquid in a tube.
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| Newton: A unit of Measurement | The International System of Measurement (SI) unit of force.
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| Precision | A fact of being precise and accurate.
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| Triple Beam Balance | A mechanical balance.
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| Unit | A quantity chosen in a state of terms of which other quantities may be expressed.
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| Volume | The amount of space a substance or object occupies.
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| Weight | A body's mass or the quantity of matter contained by it.
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| Mixture | Matter that consists of two or more substances not chemically combined.
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| Pure Substance | A substance made of only one kind of material having definite proportional amounts and properties.
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| Element | The simplest type of pure substance.
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| Compound | Two or more elements chemically combined.
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| Homogeneous Mixture | Two or more substances not chemically combined, but appearing to be evenly blended.
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| Heterogeneous Mixture | Two or more substances not chemically combined, and appearing non-uniform with physically distinct substances included.
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| Balance | Equipment used to measure mass.
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| Boiling Point | Temperature at which a liquid turns to gas.
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| Brittle | Breaking into small pieces if bent or pressed.
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| Calibrate | To mark off lines on measuring equipment for the desired unit.
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| Centimeter Cubed | Cm3; A unit of volume derived from length times width times height.
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| Chemical Property | A characteristic of pure substance that describes it's ability to change into different substances.
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| Compress | To squeeze or press together.
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| Condensation Point | Temperature at which a gas turns into a liquid.
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| Conductor | A material that does not allow electricity or heat to pass easily.
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| Density | An object's mass compared to it's volume. Mass divided by volume is density.
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| Deposition | A gas changing into a solid without changing into a liquid.
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| Dissolve | To break into pieces too small to be seen.
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| Ductile | Able to be pulled into long, thin wires.
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| Flexible | Able to bend without breaking.
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| Freezing Point | Temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid.
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| Gas | A state of matter having indefinite volume and indefinite shape with particles bouncing around not touching each other.
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| Gram | An SI unit used to measure mass 1g=0.001kg there are 1000g in one kilogram.
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| Gram per Centimeter Cubed | g/cm3; a derived unit used to measure the density of a solid.
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| Gram per Milliliter | g/mL; a derived unit used to measure the density of a liquid.
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| Insulator | A material that does not allow electricity or heat to pass through easily.
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| Kilogram | The SI base unit used to measure mass. 1kg = 1000g
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| Kinetic Theory | A physics theory that all matter is made of moving particles in random motion.
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| Liter | The SI unit used to measure the volume of liquids.
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| Luster | Shininess; the property of something that shines with reflected light.
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| Magnetic | Material that is attracted to magnets.
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| Malleable | Able to be hammered or pressed into flat sheets.
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| Milliliter | An SI unit to measure the volume of liquids. 0.001 of a liter; there are 1000 mL in 1 Liter.
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