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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space |
| Mass | The amount of matter in something |
| Volume | The amount of space something occupies |
| Solid | A solid is something that is hard and can't be deformed easily |
| liquid | a liquid is something that can take any shape and can move easily |
| Gas | a gas is something that can fill any object and expands because it can move freely |
| Physical Properties | a property that can be observed without changing the identity of the substance. |
| Chemical Prperties | a property that can only be observed by changing the identity of the substance |
| Atom | smallest unit of matter |
| Atomic Number | the number of protons in an atom of an element |
| Atomic Mass | the number of neutrons and protons combined |
| Nucleus | The part of an atom the has all the neutrons and protons |
| Proton | a positively charged particle in the nucleus |
| Neutral | a neutrally charged part of the nucleus |
| Electron | Negatively charged part of the nucleus |
| malleability | ability to be flattened into a sheet; bendable |
| ductility | ability to be stretched into a wire |
| reactivity | ability to react with another substance |
| period | the horizontal rows on a periodic table |
| groups | vertical columns on a periodic table |
| melting point | the point that when a solid turns to a liquid |
| boiling point | the point where a liquid turns to a gas |
| metal | shiny,good conductor, malleability, ductility |
| metalloid | both metal and non-metal |
| non-metal | gas, poor conductor |