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Unit 2 - Properties of Matter
UNIT 2 TEST VOCABULARY
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Science
7th Grade
12/08/2011

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MATTER
Definition
anything that has mass and takes up space
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SOLID
Definition
particles are close, slow, vibrating
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LIQUID
Definition
particles move freely, at a medium speed
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GAS
Definition
particles are all over, moving very fast
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CONDENSATION
Definition
gas --> liquid
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EVAPORATION
Definition
liquid --> gas
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MELTING
Definition
solid --> liquid
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FREEZING
Definition
liquid --> solid
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SUBLIMATION
Definition
solid --> gas
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DEPOSITION
Definition
gas --> solid
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PHYSICAL CHANGE
Definition
change in any of the physical properties but stays the same type of matter
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MASS
Definition
how much matter in an object
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VOLUME
Definition
space an object takes up
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PURE SUBSTANCE
Definition
a sample of matter that has definite chemical and physical properties
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ELEMENT
Definition
pure substances that cannot be separated into a simpler substance by physical or chemical means
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COMPOUND
Definition
pure substance composed of two or more different elements joined by chemical bonds
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MIXTURE
Definition
a combination of two or more pure substances that are not chemically combined
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CHEMICAL PROPERTY
Definition
any characteristic that gives a substance the ability to undergo a change that will result in a new substance
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CHEMICAL CHANGE
Definition
produces a new substance
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LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY
Definition
mass can never be created or destoyed
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ATOM
Definition
the smallest unit of an element that maintains the properties of that element
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MOLECULE
Definition
composed of two or more elements that are joined by chemical bonds
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HOMOGENEOUS
Definition

a type of mixture

molecules are mixed up in an even distribution

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HETEROGENEOUS
Definition
molecules are not mixed up in an even distribution
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COLLOID
Definition
a mixture of tiny particles that are bigger than those in a solution, but smaller than in a suspension
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SUSPENSION
Definition
a mixture in which particles are dispersed in liquid or gas and will eventually settle out
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MATERIALS TO SEPARATE A MIXTURE
Definition
coffee filter, strainer, magnet, water for evaporation
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COFFEE FILTER
Definition
tiny particles in liquids
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STRAINER
Definition
larger particulates can be captured
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MAGNET
Definition
magnetic materials (metals that contain iron)
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WATER FOR EVAPORATION
Definition
salt can be disolved in water to make a solution. the water can than be evaporated
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SOLUBILITY
Definition

the ability to disolve

(physical property)

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SOLVENT
Definition
the substance that makes the solute disolve
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SOLUTE
Definition
the substance that disolves
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