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5th grade science
solid liquid gas
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| combustibility | the quality of being capable of igniting and burning |
| mass | the amount of matter within a substance or object |
| solid | a state of matter in which matter has a definite shape and volume |
| density | the concentration of matter in an object |
| gas | a state of matter that does not have a definite volume and no definite shape |
| evaporation | the process of becoming a vapor...occurs when particles escape and become a gas |
| weight | the force of gravity acting on an object |
| solubility | the ability to be dissolved |
| condensation | changes a substance from a gas to a liquid |
| reactivity | the ability of a substance to react chemically |
| physical properties | characteristics of a substance that can be observed or measured without changing the substance |
| volume | the amount of space that a substance or object occupies |
| matter | physical substance which occupies space---a substance or material. |
| liquid | a state of matter that has a definite volume but no definity shape |