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What's the Matter?
What's the Matter? Unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space |
| atom | The smallest particle of an element |
| element | A pure substance that cannot be broken down into any other substances; made up of only one type of atom |
| molecule | Created when two or more atoms join together. |
| molecule | can be made up of two or more atoms of the same element (like Hydrogen gas = 2 atoms of Hydrogen) |
| molecule | two or more atoms of different elements joining together (like water = 2 atoms of Hydrogen and 1 atom of Oxygen) |
| compound | two or more atoms of different elements joining together (like water = 2 atoms of Hydrogen and 1 atom of Oxygen) |
| expand | To get larger in size, volume or quantity; when atoms gain heat energy, they move faster and spread out |
| particles | A very small piece of a part, a tiny portion or speck |
| thermal energy | Heat energy; the motion of molecules in a substance |
| vibrate | A rapid, back and forth motion |
| solid | Particles are closely packed together and vibrate in place; has definite shape and volume |
| liquid | Particles touch each other and are packed loosely together; has definite volume but NOT definite shape – take the shape of container |
| gas | has NO definite volume or shape – take the shape of container when closed; spread out indefinitely when container is not closed; low density |
| density | how much mass is present per given volume |
| density | mass/volume |
| solution | groups of molecules that are mixed up in even distributions |
| solute | a substance(usually a solid) that is dissolved into another substance |
| solvent | a substance(usually a liquid) that does the dissolving in a solution |
| solubility | The ability of one substance to dissolve in another substance |