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chapter 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| matter | everything that has mass and takes up space |
| element | the ingredients that make up all other substances can,t be broken down into other substances |
| metals | good conducters of electricity and heat can be bend without breaking |
| nonemetals | do not conduct heat/electricity very well may be a gas or a solid |
| semi-metals | sometimes like metals and sometimes like nonemetals |
| atom | the smallest part of an element that still acts like a element |
| 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 | |
| neutron | no charge. found in the nucleus |
| electron | negative charge.orbits the nucleus |
| solid | particles are very close and move slow |
| liquid | particles are little bit sepret and move a little faster |
| gas | particles are very far apart and moving super fast |