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CHS Physical Science Ch 1 & Ch 2
Physical Science Ch 1 and Ch 2 vocab
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Science
9th Grade
10/02/2012

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Atom
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Smallest unit of an element
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Control
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Parts of an experiment that remain unchanged

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Celsius

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The SI unit for temperature

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Compound

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A substance made of two or more different elements that are chemically combined

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Chemical change

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A change that occurs when a substance changes composition by forming one or more new substances

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Dependent variable

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A variable whose value depends on that of another

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Data

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Information

 

Summarizing the results of an experiment

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Displacement method

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Method used to find the volume of an odd shaped solid

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Pure substance

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Matter that has definite chemical and physical properties

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Physical change

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A change in matter from one form to another without a change in chemical properties

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Heterogeneous

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A type of mixture in which the composition is not uniform

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Homogeneous

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A type of mixture in which the composition is uniform.

 

Every part of solution has same properties

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Gram

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Base SI unit for mass

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Meniscus

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Curved upper surface of a liquid in a tube

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Mixture

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Two or more substances that have been physcially combined

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Matter

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Anything that has mass and takes up space

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Molecule

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The smallest particle of a compound that still retains its properties

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Science

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Observing, studying, and experimenting to find the nature of things

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Chemical change
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Substance changes composition by forming one or more new substances
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Chemical symbol
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One or more letters that represent an element's name (first letter is always capital)
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Chemical formula
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A combination of chemical symbols and numbers that represent a compound
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Subscript
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Used in a chemical formula to indicate the number of atoms of anelements in the compound
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Solution
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A homogeneous mixture of 2 or more substances evenly distributed
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Solvent
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The substance in the solution that does the dissolving (most common solvent is water)
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Solute
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The substance in a substance that is dissolved
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Solubility
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The ability of a substance to dissolve another substance
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Phase change
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A change in the state of matter (solid to liquid, etc)

 

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Atomic Mass
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The average of the masses of all naturaly occuring isotopes of an element.
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AMU
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Atomic mass unit-a unit that describes the mass of an atom.
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Atomic Number
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The Number of protons in the nucleus of an atom
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Element
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the most basic, pure substance; Cannot be chemically broken down into simplier substances.
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Electron
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A subatomic particle that has a negative charge.
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Electron Cloud
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The area in an atom where the electrons exist. (OUTSIDE the nucleus)
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Isotope
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An atom that has the same number of protons as other elements do, but that has a different number of neutrons.
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Mass Number
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The sum of the numbers of protons and neutrons in an atom. (ONE atom)
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Nucleus
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An atoms central region which is made up of protons and neutrons. (The Most MASS of an atom is here)
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Neutron
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A subatomic particle that has NO change(neutral) and that is found in the nucleus of an atom
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Proton
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A subatomic particle that has a positive change ans that is found in the nucleus of an atom.
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