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Introduction to Matter
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6th Grade
11/12/2009

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Term
Characteristic property
Definition
a quality of a substance that never changes and can be used to identify the
substance
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boiling point
Definition
the tempiyuer at which a substance changes from liquid to a gas
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melting point
Definition
the tempiture at which a substance changes from a soliod to a liquid
Term
physical change
Definition
a change in a substance that dose not change its idenity for example a cange of state
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chemical change
Definition
a change in which one or more substance
combine or break apart to form new substances
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chemical activity
Definition
a characteristic property of a substance that indicates its ability
to undergo a specific chemical change
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mixture
Definition
two or more substances that are mixed together but not chmically combined
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solution
Definition
a very well-mixed mixture
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pure substance
Definition
a substance made of only oen kind of matter and having definit properties
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element
Definition
a substance that cannot be broken down into outher substances by chemicaly or physical means
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compound
Definition
a substance made of two or more elements chemically combined
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atom
Definition
the smallest particle of an element
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molecule
Definition
a combination of two or more atoms
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chemiecal bound
Definition
the force that holds two atoms together.
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weight
Definition
A measure of the force of gravity on an object.
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mass
Definition
A measure of how much matter is an object.
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International System of Units (SI)
Definition
The sysstem of units used by scientits to measure the properties of matter.
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volume
Definition
The amount of space that matter occupies.
Term
Density
Definition
The measurement of how much mass of a substance is contained in a given volume.
Term
Ore
Definition
A rock that contains a metal or other economically usefull element.
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Electrolysis
Definition
A process by which an electric current breaks chemical bound.
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electrode
Definition
A mtal strip that conducts electricity; oftn used in an eletrolysis process.
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