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Properties of Matter
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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volume | The amount 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 a object. |
state of matter | One of three forms that matter can take. |
melting point | The particular temperature at which a substance changes state from solid to liquid. |
evaporation | The slow changing of a liquid into a gas. |
boiling point | The particular temperature at which a substance changes state from liquid to gas. |
freezing point | The particular temperature at which a substance changes state from liquid to solid. |
sublimation | The process in which matter changes state from a solid directly into a gas. |
density | A measure of how tightly matter is packed in a given amount of space. |