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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| matter | anything that has a mass and takes up space |
| mass | a measure of the amount of matter in an object |
| volume | a measure of how much space an object takes up |
| physical property | a characteristic of matter that can be observed and or measured |
| magnestism | the ability of an oblect to push or pull on another object that has the magnetic property |
| conductivity | ability for energy such as electricity and heat to move through material |
| reflectivity | the way light bounces off an object |
| solubility | the maximum amount of a substance that can be dissolved by another substance |
| chemical property | a charateristic that can only be observed when the type of matter changes |
| conbustibility | the ability to burn |
| corrosion | the gradual wearing away of the metal as it combines with nonmeatal in its invironment |
| nucleus | the center of an atom that has most of it's mass |
| proton | a partical in the nucleus of an atom that carries one unit of positive electric charge |
| molecule | a partical that contains more than one atom joined together |
| mixture | a physiacal combination of two or more substances that are blended together without forming new substances |
| distillation | the process of seperating parts of mixture by evaporating and condenstation |
| colloid | a type of mixture in wich the particals of one material are scattered through another and block the passage of light without settling out |
| soulution | a mixture of substances thet are blended so completly that the mixture looks the same every where |
| alloy | a soulution of a metal and at least one other solid wich is often also a metal |
| electron | a partical in the space outside the nucleus of an atom that carries one unit of negitive electric charge |
| neutron | a partical in the nucleus of an atom that has no electric charge |