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| the smallest particle of an element that has all the properties of the element |
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| Change of state (or phase change) |
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| phase change, or the change of matter from a solid, liquid, or gas into another state or phase |
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| the changing of a substance or kind of matter into a different kind of matter with different properties |
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| a substance made up of a combination of two or more elements held together by chemical bonds that can not be seperated by physical means |
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| the changing of a gas into a liquid |
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| the mass of a substance divided by its volume |
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| a negatively charged particle moving around the nucleus of an atom |
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| the basic building blocks of matter; cannot be separated into parts by chemical means |
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| the changing of a liquid into a gas |
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| a state of matter that does not have a specific volume or shape and in which the particles are far apart |
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| a state of matter with a definite volume but without a definite shape |
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| the amount of matter in an object |
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| anything that has mass and occupies space |
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| an object that is too small to be seen without a microscope |
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| two or more substances that are mixed together but can be separated out because they are not chemically combined |
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| the smallest particle of a substance made of combined atoms that has properties of that substance |
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| a particle with no electrical charge in the nucleus of an atom |
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| the center of an atom where the proton and neutrons are contained |
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| a change in some properties of matter without forming a different kind of matter |
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| a positively charged particle in the nucleus of an atom |
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| a state of matter in which material has a definite volume and shape |
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| a mixture in which a substance breaks up into its most basic particles and spreads evenly through another substance |
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| the space that an object takes up as expressed in cubic units |
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