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Properties and Matter Vocabulary

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Define Thermal Energy.   The kinetic energy of the moving particles in a substance or an object.  
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Define Solid.   Firm and stable in shape;not liquid or fluid.  
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Define Liquid   Having the consistency of water or oil, Flowing freely but of constant volume.  
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Define Gas   an airlike fluid substance which expands freely to fill any space available, irrespective of its quantity.  
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Define Plasma   A state of matter made up of charged atoms, uncharged atoms, and free electrons.  
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Define Colloid   A mixture that contains particles that are too small to see.  
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Define Phase Change   a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition  
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Define Particle   a minute portion of matter  
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Define Melting point   the temperature at which a given solid will melt.  
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Define Freezing point   the temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid when cooled.  
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Define Boiling Point   The temperature at which a substance changes from a liquid to a gas.  
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Define Evaperation   The process by which a liquid changes into a gas.  
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Define Condensation   The process by which water vapor changes into liquid water.  
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Define Volume   The amount of space something takes up.  
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Define Mass   The amount of matter something has.  
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Define Density   The amount of mass something has in relation to it's volume.  
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Define Atom   The smallest unit of an element that still has the properties of that element.  
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Define Molecule   a group of atoms bonded together,  
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Define Element   A substance made up of only one kind of atom.  
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Define Compound   a substance made up of atoms of two or more elements that are chemically combined.  
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Define Physical Change   A change that does not make make a substance into a new substance.  
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Define Chemical change   A change in which one or more new substances are formed.  
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Define Natural Resources   A material that occurs in nature that is essential or useful to people  
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