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3rd Unit 1B Matter
Matter vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| attract | to cause to draw near or adhere(stick together) by physical force |
| celsius | the international unit of measurement for temperature |
| gas | a state of matter in which the substance takes both the shape and the volume of its container |
| liquid | takes the shape of their container, filling the bottom of the container first |
| magnet | an object that attracts (pulls) iron, nickel and cobalt |
| magnetic | able to be attracted by a magnet or magnetized |
| magnetism | a force of attraction that causes a magnetic material to move |
| mass | the amount of matter in something; mass is measured with a balance |
| matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
| mixture | a combination of two or more substances that can be easily separated in some physical way |
| nonmagnetic | not capable of being magnetized |
| physical property | properties of matter that can be observed, measured, or changed without changing the matter itself |
| repel | to present an opposing force to; push back or away by force |
| solid | has a definite shape and takes up a definite amount of space (volume) |
| states of mater | the forms matter can take, such as solid, liquid, and gas; sometimes called the phases of matter |
| temperature | a way of measuring how hot or cold something is; temperature is measured using either the Fahrenheit(F) or Celsius (C) scale |