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chapter 3
25 words but very long decriptions and HI FUTURE BEAU
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Matter | is that mass and takes up space |
| Elements | are the ingredients that make up all substances |
| Metal | can bend without bending |
| nonmetals | are not good conductors of heat and electricity |
| semimeteals | sometimes like metals sometimes like nonmetals |
| atoms | are tiny |
| Compounds | a type of matter made of 2 or more elements |
| Atomic arrangement | the way atoms are arranged |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a compound that still acts like that compound |
| proton | positive charge found in neucleus |
| neutron | no charge found in necleus |
| electron | NEGATIVE charge orbits necleus |
| Solid | has a definite volume but no shape and particles move past each other and it can take shape of a container |
| GAS | No definite volume or shape. Particles spread out evenly and take shape of container. Can be squeezed into a smaller volume |
| plasma | Like a gas, but conducts electricity like a metal. Occurs with high temps or electric charge |
| melting point | Solid to liquid or liquid to solid. Same temperature as freezing point |
| evaporation | When liquids become a gas |
| condensation | When gas becomes a liquid. Gas particles touch a cold surface and the temperature drops. |
| BOILING POINT | The temperature at which evaporation occurs |
| MIXTURE | Two or substances that mix together but each keeps its own identity |
| SOLUTION | A mixture where substance spreads out evenly and will not settle |
| SOLUTE | The substance being dissolved |
| SOLVENT | What the substance is dissolved in |
| SOLUBILITY | A way to measure how much a material dissolves into another |