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Matter vocabulary

vocabulary for 6th grade matter unit

TermDefinition
matter the material that all objects and substances are made of
atom smallest particle into which an element can be divided and still have the properties
element the substances that are the building blocks of all matter
molecule smallest particle of a substance that has the properties of that substance
compound matter that is made of two or more elements
mixture a combination of two substances that can be separated by physical means
solution mixture in which one substance, is dissolved in another substance
property characteristic of a material that helps to identify or classify matter
solid matter that has a definite shape and volume, such as a rock
liquid matter that has a definite volume but not a definite shape
gas matter that has no definite volume or shape
plasma like a gas but consisting of charged particles
kinetic energy energy an object has because it is moving
heat transfer of thermal energy between substances that are at different temperatures
temperature measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance
vaporization change of matter from a liquid state to a gaseous state
condensation process in which matter changes from a gaseous to a liquid state
sublimation change from a solid state to a gaseous state without passing through a liquid state
physical property property of matter that can be observed without changing the composition or identity of matter
chemical property characteristics of substances that describes its intensity to combine with other substances and form new ones
density the amount of mass of a given volume of a substance
mass amount of matter in a substance
volume amount of space an object takes up
boiling point temperature at which a substance changes from a liquid to a gas state
freezing point temperature at which a substance changes from a liquid state to a solid state
solubility ability of a substance to dissolve in another substance, such as sugar dissolving into water
solute the molecules of a substance that are being dissolved into another (The Sugar)
solvent the substance that something is being dissolved into, such as the water
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