MGH 3 (6) Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
volume | the amount of space a sample of matter occupies |
solid | the state of matter with a definite shape and volume |
liquid | the state of matter with a definite volume but no definite shape |
gas | the state of matter without a definite shape or definite volume |
physical property | any characteristic of matter that you can observe without changing the identity of the substance that makes it up. |
mass | the amount of matter in an object |
density | the mass per unit volume of a substance |
solubility | the ability for one material to dissolve into another |
chemical property | a characteristic of matter that you observe as it reacts with or changes into a different substance. |
metal | an element that is generally shiny and is easily pulled into wires or hammered into thin sheets |
alkali metals | elements in group 1 on periodic table of elements in nature they occur only in compounds |
alkaline earth metals | elements in group 2 on periodic table of elements react quickly with other elements |
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 |
nonmetals | elements that have no metallic properties |
halogen | an element in group 17 of the periodic table can react with a metal and form a salt |
noble gases | elements in group 18 only react with other elements in a laboratory setting |
metalloid | an element that has both physical and chemical properties of both metals and nonmetals |
semiconductor | conducts electricity at high temperatures, but not at low temperatures |
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