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vocabulary for science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what takes up space and has mass? | Matter |
| what a body of coherent matter? | mass |
| the amount of space in an object is? | volume |
| whats firm hard or compact in substance | solid |
| what has compressed molecules that move freely | liquid |
| what expands to fill the area | gas |
| what is used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions | physical property |
| whats it called when you change the chemical substance | chemical property |
| the smallest unit of matter is? | an atom |
| the number of protons in an atom of a given element | atomic number |
| number of protons and the number of neutrons in an atom | Atomic mass |
| ability to be flattened into a sheet; bendable | malleability |
| ability to be stretched into a wire | ductility |
| ability to react with another substance | reactivity |
| horizontal rows on periodic table | period |
| vertical columns on periodic table | groups |
| temperature where solid turns to liquid | melting point |
| temperature where liquid turns to gas | boiling point |
| shiny, good conductors, malleable, ductility | metal |
| like both metal and non-metal, shiny, malleable, semi-conductors | metalloid |
| poor conductors, mostly gases, dull | non-metal |