Foundations of Matter
This is defined as anything that has mass and takes up space.
What is matter?
This theory helps scientists explain the physical characteristics of matter.
What is the particle theory of matter?
In a solid, particles are locked into a specific arrangement and perform this limited motion in place.
What is vibrating?
Because they are less attracted to each other than in a solid, liquid particles are able to do this past one another.
What is slide?
Because their particles are far apart and weakly attracted, gases will expand to do this to their container.
What is fill it?
The study of matter and the changes it undergoes is known by this scientific name.
What is chemistry?
Particles are never completely still; they are always doing this because they possess kinetic energy.
What is moving?
Because of how tightly bound their particles are, solids possess both a fixed shape and a fixed this.
What is volume?
Compared to a solid, the spaces between particles in a liquid are this size.
What is larger (or farther apart)?
Unlike solids, gases have neither a fixed volume nor a fixed this.
What is shape?
These are the two primary classifications into which all matter can be divided.
What are pure substances and mixtures?
This specific factor directly affects the speed at which particles move.
What is temperature?
Describe the relative size of the spaces between particles in a solid compared to liquids or gases.
What is small?
This property of a liquid is fixed, even though its shape can change depending on its container.
What is volume?
The attraction forces between particles in a gas form can be described by this adjective.
What is weak?
According to our Particle Theory workshet, all matter is ultimately composed of these tiny entities.
What are particles?
True or False: According to the particle theory, two different particles of the exact same substance can look entirely different.
What is False? (All particles of one substance are identical).
The attraction forces holding particles together in a solid can be described as being this strong.
What is very strong?
Liquid particles have a weaker attraction to each other than solids, but a stronger attraction than this state of matter.
What is gas?
Because attraction forces are so weak, gas particles are free to move in these directions.
What is any direction?
Matter can be broadly categorized and studied according to these specific types of traits or characteristics.
What are physical characteristics?
Aside from being attracted to one another, this physical reality exists between all particles of matter.
What are spaces?
Unlike liquids, the particles in a solid cannot slide past one another because they are fixed in this type of structure.
What is a pattern?
This state of matter represents the middle ground in terms of particle spacing and attraction strength between solids and gases.
What is a liquid?
This state of matter features particles that are the farthest apart from each other.
What is gas?