Chapter 3 Word Scramble
|
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Term | Definition |
matter | Everything that has mass and that takes up space. |
Element | The ingredients that make up all other Substances. Can't be broken down into other substances. |
Metals | Good conductors of electricity and heat. Can blend without breaking. Most have a gray color. |
Nonmetals | Do not conduct electricity or heat very well. May be a gas or a solid. |
Semimetals | Sometimes like metals and sometimes like nonmetals. |
Atom | The smallest part of an element that still acts like that metal. |
Atomic Theory | States that everything is made of atoms. |
Compound | A type of matter made of two or more elements. |
Molecule | Smallest particle of a compound that still acts like a compound. |
Proton | Positive charge. Found in nucleus. |
Neutron | No Charge. Found in nucleus. |
Electron | Negative Charge. Orbits the nucleus. |
Liquid | Definite volume but not shape, particles can move past each other. Takes shape of it's container. |
Solid | Has a definite shape and volume. Particles are very close together, and don't move past each other. Keeps shape. |
Gas | No definite volume or shape. Particles spread out evenly and take shape of container. Can be squeezed into smaller volume. |
Plasma | Like a gas, but conducts electricity like a metal. Occurs with high temps or electric charge. |
Melting point | When solid to liquid or liquid to solid. Same temperature as freezing point. |
Evaporation | When liquid becomes a gas. |
Condensation | When gas becomes a liquid. Gas particles touch a cold surface and the temperature drops. |
Created by:
Dpm2002
Popular Science sets