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Chapter 3
| 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. |