Science Vocabulary: Matter
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| Matter | Anything that takes up space and has mass (weight)
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| Property | A characteristic that helps to describe or identify an object, a material or a state of matter.
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| Solid | A state of matter that has a definite shape and takes up a definite amount of space. (A solid keeps its shape when at rest, whether or not it is in a container.
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| Liquid | A state of matter that does not have a definite shape or take up a definite amount of space. (A liquid fills the bottom of its container when at rest, and flows freely when poured.
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| Gas | A state of matter that does not have a definite shape or take up a definite amount of space. (A gas can expand to fill any available space in a container.)
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| Compress | To press on something until it takes up less space. (Gases can be compressed a lot; solids and liquids can be compressed very little.)
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| Expand | To become larger, or take up a larger space. (A gas will expand if it is put in a larger container.)
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| Volume | The amount of space something occupies. (A property of all matter.)
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| Displacement | The volume of water pushed out of the way by an object in the water.
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| Density | How heavy something is for its size.
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