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Chapter 3
The Properties of Matter
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| atom | the smallest part of an element that still has the properties of the element |
| atomic theory | states that everything is made of atoms |
| matter | everything that has mass and takes up space |
| element | the ingredients that make up all the other substances. Can not be broken down into other substances |
| metals | good conductors of heat and electricity. Can bend without breaking. Most metals have a gray color. |
| nonmetals | do not conduct heat or electricity very well. May be a gas or a solid. |
| semi-metals [metalloid] | sometimes like metals sometimes like nonmetals |
| compound | a type of matter made of two or more elements |
| molecule | smallest particle of a compound that still acts like that compound |
| proton | positive charge. Found in the nucleus |
| neutron | no charge. Found in the nucleus |
| electron | negative charge. Orbits the nucleus. |
| solid | a substance that has a definite shape and volume and its particles are very close together and don`t move past each other |
| liquid | a substance that has a definite shape but not a definite and particles can move past each other and takes the shape of its container |
| gas | a substance that has no definite shape or volume ,particles spread out evenly and take the shape of its container and can be squeezed into smaller volume |
| plasma | like a gas, but conducts electricity like a metal and occurs with high temps or electric charge |
| melting point | when solid to liquid or liquid to solid, but the same temp. as freezing point |
| evaporation | when liquids become a gas |
| condensation | when a gas becomes a liquid, gas particles touch a cold surface and the temperature drops |