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Matter Vocabulary
Vocab
Term | Definition |
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matter | anything that takes up space and has mass |
states of matter | the forms that matter can take; solid, liquid, or gas |
property | something about matter that you can observe using your senses |
atom | one of the tiny particles that make up all of matter |
mass | amount of matter |
volume | amount of space matter takes up |
density | measure of the amount of matter in a certain amount of space |
solid | matter that has a definite shape and takes up a definite amount of space |
liquid | matter that does not have a definite shape but takes up a definite amount of space |
gas | the form of matter which has no shape, has particles that are not connected to each other, and takes up whatever space is available |
buoyancy | the ability to float in liquid (or air) |
physical change | a change that makes matter look different without becoming a new substance |
chemical change | a change that causes one kind of matter to become a different kind of matter |
mixture | two or more kinds of matter that are placed together but can be easily separated |
solution | a mixture in which one or more substances dissolves in another |