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Matter
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
| solid | matter that has a definite shape and takes up a definite amount of space |
| gas | matter that has no definite shape and takes up no definite amount of space |
| volume | the amount of space that matter takes up |
| buoyancy | the ability of matter to float in a liquid or a gas |
| solubility | a measure of the amount of a material that will dissolve in another material |
| liquid | matter that takes the shape of its container and takes up a definite amount of space |
| mixture | combination of two or more different kinds of matter, each of which keeps its own physical properties |
| mass | the amount of matter in an object |
| solution | a special type of mixture in which particles of the two substances are evenly mixed and can't be separated easily, one substance dissolved in another |
| density | the property of matter that compares the amount of matter to the space taken up by the matter |