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Details Title: matter Description: 6th grade science Total Flash Cards: 27 Created: 10/27/2004 15:59:55	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term plasma Definition a phase of matter;avery hot gas consisting of electrons and atoms that have been stripped of their electrons because of high kinetic energies. Term element Definition a substance made of only one kind of atom Term matter Definition "something that makes up the substance of anything; that which is physical and material." Term conduction Definition "the transfer of heat from a region of higher temperature to a region of lower temperture by increased kinectic energy moving from molecule to molecule" Term malleability Definition "the ability of a substance to be hammered or beaten into thin sheets" Term chemical change Definition "Any change that alters the chemical properties of the atoms or molecules in an object" Term solid Definition "having definite firm shape and volume" Term evaporation Definition "tp convert into vapor Term boil Definition "to raise the temperature of water or other liquid until it evaporates" Term condensation Definition "to change to a denser form ex. from gas to liquid" Term compound Definition "made up of two or more parts" Term ductile Definition "can be drawn or hammered thin without breaking" Term conducts Definition "to transmit or convey" Term brittle Definition "easily broken of shattered" Term metal Definition " a category of opaque, fusible,and ductile, elements" Term nonmetals Definition an element lacking the characteristics of a metal, as oxygen, carbon, nitrogen,fluorine.etc. Term metalloids Definition has characteristics of metal and a non metal and can conduct electricity if the temperature if right Term homogeneous mixture Definition not easily separated Term hetergeneous mixture Definition easy to separate-has larger parts that are different from each other. Term chemical change Definition "the matter is changed chemically and shows different physical and chemical properties after the change" Term mixture Definition "a combination of compounds and elements that has not formed a new substance whose proportions can be changed without changing the mixture's identity" Term liquid Definition "has definite volume but not definite shape" Term gas Definition the fluid form of a substance-can expand indefinitely Term freezing Definition "when a liquid becomes a solid" Term melting Definition "when a solid becomes a liquid" Term sublimation Definition When a solid becomes a gas Term melting Definition "when a solid becomes a liquid"