Classifying Matter
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| volume | the amount of space a sample of matter occupies
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| solid | the state of matter with a definite shape and volume
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| liquid | the state of matter with a definite volume but no definite shape
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| gas | the state of matter without a definite shape or definite volume
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| physical property | any characteristic of matter that you can observe without changing the identity of the substance that makes it up.
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| mass | the amount of matter in an object
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| density | the mass per unit volume of a substance
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| solubility | the ability for one material to dissolve into another
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| chemical property | a characteristic of matter that you observe as it reacts with or changes into a different substance.
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| metal | an element that is generally shiny and is easily pulled into wires or hammered into thin sheets
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| alkali metals | elements in group 1 on periodic table of elements in nature they occur only in compounds
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| alkaline earth metals | elements in group 2 on periodic table of elements react quickly with other elements
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| transition elements | elements in group 3-12 on periodic table of elements will react less quickly with oxygen
nonmetals-elements that have no metallic properties
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| nonmetals | elements that have no metallic properties
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| halogen | an element in group 17 of the periodic table can react with a metal and form a salt
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| noble gases | elements in group 18 only react with other elements in a laboratory setting
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| metalloid | an element that has both physical and chemical properties of both metals and nonmetals
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| semiconductor | conducts electricity at high temperatures, but not at low temperatures
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