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Kinetic theory of matter
Definition
The theory that all matter is made up of tiny particles that are in constant motion.
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Plasma
Definition
A gas like mixture of positively charged particles.
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Thermal Expansion
Definition
A charachteristic of matter causing it to expand when heated and contract when cooled.
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Polluted Water
Definition
Water that contains high levels of unwanted materials
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Heat of Vaporization
Definition
The amount of energy needed to change a material from a liquid state to a gasous state.
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Heat of fusion
Definition
The amount of energy needed to change a material from a solid state to a liquid state.
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Boyle's law
Definition
If a container of gas is made smaller, the pressure throughout the gas increases.
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Charles's law
Definition
Volume of a gas increases when temperature increases.
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Archimedes' Principle
Definition
Buoyant force that pushes up on an object in a fluid is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object.
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Bernoulli's Principle
Definition
as the velocity of a fluid increses, the pressure exerted by the fluid increases.
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Pascal'sprinciple
Definition
Pressure applied to a fluid is transmitted evenly throughout that fluid.
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Pressure
Definition
The amount of force exerted per unit of area;
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Melting
Definition
solid to liquid
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Condensation
Definition
gas to liquid
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Evaporation
Definition
liquid to gas
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Boiling
Definition
liquid to gas
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Vaporization
Definition
solid to gas
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Freezing
Definition
liquid to solid
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solidification
Definition
liquid to solid
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Deposition
Definition
gas to solid
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substance
Definition
Matter that is an element or a compound
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Element
Definition
Matter in which all the atoms are a like
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Compound
Definition
matter that is combonation of atoms of 2 or more elements.
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Mixture
Definition
Substance made of elements or compounds that are stirred together, but not chemically combined.
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Homogenous Mixture
Definition
Mixture in which different materials are blended evenly so that the mixture is the same.
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Heterogeneouss Mixture
Definition
Mixture in which different marerials are distributed unevenly so at any place in the mixture different combonations of material occur
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solution
Definition
homogeneous mixture containing larger particles that do not settle & do not scatter light.
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Suspension
Definition
heterogeneous mixture containing larger particles that eventually settle out.
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Colloid
Definition
Heterogeneous mixture containg tiny particles.
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Physical change
Definition
change in a substances size, shape, or state
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Chemical Change
Definition
The change of 1 substance into abother substanceby changing their properties.
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Chemical Property
Definition
A charachteristic of a substance that indicates whether it can under go a certain chemical change.
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Law of Conservation of Mass
Definition
A law stating that the mass of all substances involved in a chemical change will be the same after the change.  Matter is neither created nor destroyed during a chemical change.
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Atomic Number
Definition
The Number of protons in an atoms nucleus
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Electron Cloud
Definition
It is the space where electrons most probably exist around the nucleous of an atom.
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Atomic Mass Unit
Definition
1/12 the mass of a carbon 12 atom.
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Nucleus
Definition
The positively charged center of the atom.
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Atom
Definition
Basic building blocks of matter.
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Chemical Symbol
Definition
A shortened way to write the name of an element
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Mass Number
Definition
Total particles in an atoms nucleous
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Average Atomic Mass
Definition
The average atomic mass of all the isotopesof an element.
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Proton
Definition
1 of 2 types of particles that occur in the nucleus of an atom.
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Electron
Definition
a negatively charged particle that orbits around the nucleous of an atom.
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Quark
Definition
A very small particle of matter that makes up protons and neutrons
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Periodic table of elements
Definition
a table of the elements in order by increasing atomic numbers arranged in rows by their repeating properties.
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Dot Diagram
Definition
Diagram of an atom using the elements symbol with dots to show the electrons in the outer energy level
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Group
Definition

One of the 18 verticle columns in the Periodic Table of Elements.

Have the same number of electrons.

Term
Period
Definition
Horizontal rows of elements in the P.T.E increasing from left to right is the number of electrons in the atoms outer shell.
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Halogens
Definition

Group 7A

Very reactive because they have 7 outer electrons.

Term
Isotopes
Definition
atoms of the elements that have differnet numbers of neutrons.
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Metal
Definition
An element having theses charachteristics:Shiny, ductile, good conductors of heat and electricity.
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NonMetal
Definition
An element having some properties of both a metal and a non metal and are semi conductors.
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Metalloid
Definition
An element having some properties of both a metal and a non-metal and are semi-conductors.
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Chemical Bond
Definition
The force that holds together atoms in a compound.
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Chemical Formula
Definition
A precise statement of the elements in a compound and their ration.
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Corrosive
Definition
Compounds that attack and destroy metals, human tissues, and other materials.
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Covalent Bond
Definition
A type of chemical bond formed by atoms when they share electrons.
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Hydrate
Definition
Compound that has water chemically attached to it.
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Ion
Definition
An atom that is either negatively or positively charged.
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