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Matter
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| MATTER | Everything that has mass and takes up space |
| ELEMENT | The ingredients that make up all other substances. Can't be broken down into other substances |
| METALS | Good conductors of electricity and heat. Can bend without breaking. Most are shiny |
| NONMETALS | Do not conduct heat / electricity very well. May be a gas or a solid |
| SEMI-METALS | sometimes like metals and sometimes like nonmetals |
| ATOM | the smallest part of an element that still acts like that element |
| ATOMIC THEORY | states that everything is made of atoms |
| COMPOUND | a type of matter made of two or more elements |
| MOLECULE | smallest particle of a compound that still acts like that compound |
| PROTON | Positive charge. Found in the nucleus |
| NEUTRON | No charge. Found in the nucleus |
| ELECTRON | Negative charge. Orbits the nucleus |
| SOLID | Has a definite volume or shape. Particles are very close together, and don’t move past each other. Keeps its shape. |
| LIQUID | Has a definite volume but not shape. Particles can move past each other. Takes shape of container |
| GAS | No definite volume or shape. Particles spread out evenly and take shape of container. Can be squeezed into a smaller volume |
| MELTING POINT | Solid to liquid or liquid to solid. Same temperature as freezing point. |
| VAPORIZATION | When liquids become a gas |
| CONDENSATION | When gas becomes a liquid. Gas particles touch a cold surface and the temperature drops. |
| BOILING | When bubbles of vapor rise through a liquid to the surface. Happens at a certain temperature |
| EVAPORATION | Molecules on the surface vaporize. Can happen at any temperatu |
| BOILING POINT | The temperature at which vaporization occurs |
| CONSERVATION OF MASS | Matter can’t be created or destroyed in a closed system |