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Properties of Matter
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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volume | the volume of space that an object takes up. |
mass | the amount of matter in an object. |
matter | anything that has mass and takes up space. |
weight | a measure of how strongly gravity pulls on an object. |
state of matter | one of three forms that matter can take. |
melting point | the particular temperture at which a substace changes state form solid to liquid. |
evaporation | the slow changing of a liquid into gas. |
boiling point | the particular temperture at which a substance changes state from liquid to gas. |
freezing point | the particular temperture at which a substance changes state from liquid to solid. |
sublimation | the process in which matter changes state from a solid directly into gas. |
density | a measure of how tightly matter is packed in a given amount of space. |