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Matter
Matter 6P 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| matter | anything that has mass and volume |
| mass | the amount of matter in an object |
| volume | the amount of space an object takes up |
| atom | the smallest particle of an element |
| element | a substance that is made of only one kind of atom |
| solid | atoms are tightly packed and vibrate in place |
| liquid | atoms touch, but can slide past each other |
| gas | atoms move around very fast and spread out |
| density | the relationship between the mass and volume |
| solubility | the amount of a substance that can be dissolved in another substance |
| boiling point | the temperature that a substance turns from a liquid to a gas |
| melting point | the temperature that a substance turns from a solid to a liquid |
| freezing point | the temperature that a substance turns from a liquid to a solid |
| molecule | When two or more atoms combine |
| condensation | The process by which a gas becomes a liquid |
| evaporation | The process by which a liquid becomes a gas |