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Matter
Question | Answer |
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a measure of the amount of matter in an object | mass |
the force of gravity between Earth and an object | weight |
a measure of how much space an object takes up (can be calculated by L x W x H) | volume |
a measure of how tightly packed the matter in an object is | density |
matter in this forms keeps their shape and the molecules are linked in organized positions | solid |
matter in this form take the shape of their containers and the molecules can slide around each other | liquid |
matter in this form fill the volume of their containers and the molecules move around the most | gas |
the changing of a liquid into a gas | evaporation |
the changing of a gas to a liquid | condensation |
the particular temperature for each substance at which it changes state from a solid to a liquid | melting point |
the particular temperature for each substance at which it changes from a liquid to a gas | boiling point |
when a substance changes state from a liquid to a solid | freezing point |
a change of matter in size, shape, or state without any change in identity | physical change |
a change of matter that occurs when atoms link together in a new way, creating a new substance different from the original substance | chemical change |
one of the three forms that matter can take- solid, liquid, or gas. | states of matter |
anything that has mass and takes up space | matter |
mass can never be created or destroyed, but it can change | conservation of mass |