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FainMatter
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
| Relative Density | floating or sinking when compared to water |
| Conductor | a substance or object that allows energy to flow through it easily |
| Dissolving | the process by which substances break down into small pieces and spread evenly throughout a liquid (water) |
| Gas | a state of matter with no definite shape and no definite volume |
| Insulator | a substance or object that does not allow energy to flow through it easily |
| Liquid | take the shape of their container, filling the bottom of the container first; has the ability to flow |
| Magnetism | an attracting or repelling force that causes a magnetic material to move |
| Mass | the amount of matter in something |
| Melting / freezing point | the temperature at which a substance changes from a liquid to a solid or a solid to a liquid by the removal or addition of heat; for water this temperature is 0°C |
| Mixture | a combination of two or more substances that can be easily separated in some physical way |
| Physical Properties | properties of matter that can be observed, measured, or changed without changing the matter itself |
| Solid | definite shape and size |
| Solubility | the ability of a substance to dissolve in another substance, such as sugar dissolving in water |
| Solution | a type of mixture in which the particles of one or more substances are dissolved (uniformly dispersed throughout) in another substance |
| States of Matter | the forms matter can take, such as solid, liquid, and gas; sometimes called phases of matter |
| Thermal Energy | energy related to the temperature of an object or a substance |
| Matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space |
| Density |