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Matter Vocabulary

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  • Matter
  • A substance that dissolves into a solvent
    Solute
  • Insulator
  • Gas
  • A way of measuring how hot or cold somethign is
    Temperature
  • Solid
  • Solvent
  • Defintion: a state of matter in which the substance has a set shape and size
    solid
  • Definition: the form that matter is existing in
    Physical State (solid, liquid, gas)
  • Temperature
  • A type of mixture in which particles of one or more substances are dissolved and evenly distributed in another substance
    Solution
  • Physical Property
  • Defintiion: anything that has mass and takes up space
    matter
  • Volume
  • Solute
  • The ability of a material (not an object) to sink or float in water
    Relative Density
  • Definition: a state of matter in which the substance takes the shape of the container and has an unchanged volume when poured from one container to another
    liquid
  • Definition: the amount of space that a substance or object takes up
    volume
  • A combination of two or more substances that can be separated in some physical way
    Mixture
  • Definition: a measure of the amount of matter/particles in a sample
    mass
  • Magnetism
  • Solubility
  • an attracting or repelling force that cuases a magnetic material to move
    magnetism
  • Relative Density
  • Liquid
  • The ability of a substance to dissolve in another substance
    Solubility
  • Solution
  • A substance or object that does not allow energy to flow through it easily
    Insulator
  • Conductor
  • A liquid that dissolves solutes
    Solvent
  • Physical State of Matter
  • Definition: a state of matter in which the substance expands to take both the shape and volume of its container
    gas
  • A substance or object that allows energy to flow through it easily
    Conductor
  • Properties of matter that can be observed, measured, or changed without changing the matter itself
    physical property
  • Mass
  • Mixture