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Matter
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
| melting/freezing point | temperature at which a substance changes from a solid to a liquid or a liquid to a solid |
| boiling point | temperature at which a substance changes from liquid to a gas |
| physical properties | characteristics of a substance that can be observed or measured without changing the substance |
| mixture | combination of two or more different kinds of matter, each of which keeps its own physical properties |
| solution | a type of mixture in which particles of the two substances are evenly mixed; can't be easily separated |
| mass | amount of matter in a object |
| weight | measure of the pull of gravity on an object |
| volume | amount of space an object takes up |
| density | concentration of matter in an object |