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chapter 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| matter | everything that has mass tacks up space |
| element | the ingredients that makes up all other substances. cant be broken down into other substances. |
| metals | good conductors of electricity and heat. can band without breaking. most have a gray color. |
| nonmetals | do not conduct heat or electricity very well. may be a gas or a solid. |
| semi-metals (metal loid) | sometimes like metals and sometimes like nonmetals |
| atom | the smallest part of an element that still acts like an element. |
| atomic theory | states that everyting is made of atoms. |
| compound | a type of matter made of two or more elements |
| molecule | smallest particale of a compound that still acts like that compound. |
| proton | positive change. found in the nucleus. |
| neutron | no change. found in the nucleus |
| electrons | negintive charge. orbits the nucleus |
| solid | as a definite shape and volume. partacals are very close together and don't move past each other. keep shape |