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Vocab. Matter
Practice your matter vocabulary!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Physical Properties | The characteristics of a subtance that can be observed or measured without changing the substance. |
| Density | The concentration of matter in an object. |
| Matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space. |
| Mass | The amount of matter in an object. |
| Weight | A measure of the pull of gravity on an object. |
| Volume | The amount of space that an object takes up. |
| Mixture | A combination of two or more different kinds of matter each of which keeps it's own physical properties. |
| Solution | A type of mixture in which particles of the two substances are evenly mixed. They can't be separated. |
| Compound | A substance made of the atoms of two or more different elements. |
| Solubility | The ability of one substance to be dissolved in another substance. |
| Solid | The state of matter that has a definite shape and volume. |
| Liquid | The state of matter that has a definite volume but no definite shape. |
| Gas | The state of matter that doen not have a definite shape or volume. |
| Evaporation | The process by which a liquid changes into a gas. |
| Condensation | The process by which a gas changes back into a liquid. |
| Reactivity | The ability of a substance to go through a chemical change. |
| Combustibility | The chemical property of being able to burn. |
| Element | A substance made up of only one kind of atom. |
| Atom | The smallest unit of an element that has all the properties of that element. |