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Matter & Mixtures
Term | Definition |
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Conductor | a substance or object that allows energy to flow through it easily |
Dissolving | the process of forming a mixture of a substance broken down into small pieces and spread evenly throughout a liquid (water) |
Electrical energy | energy that is absorbed or delivered by an electric circuit |
Gas | a state of matter in which the substance expands to take both the shape and the volume of its container |
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 |
Solution | a type of mixture in which the particles of one or more substances are dissolved (uniformly dispersed throughout) in another substance |
Solubility | the ability of a substance to dissolve in another substance, such as sugar dissolving in water |
solid | a state of matter in which the substance has a set shape and size |
relative density | floating or sinking when compared to water |
physical properties | properties of matter that can be observed, measured, or changed without changing the matter itself |
mixture | a combination of two or more substances that can be easily separated in some physical way |
metric system | the decimal measuring system based on the meter, liter, and gram as units of length, volume (capacity), and weight or mass |
melting | the process of changing a substance from a solid to a liquid by adding thermal energy |
matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
mass | the amount of matter in something |
magnetism | an attracting or repelling force that causes a magnetic material to move |
liquid | a state of matter in which the substance takes the shape of the container and has an unchanged volume when poured from one container to another |
insulator | a substance or object that does not allow energy to flow through it easily |