Physical Properties
Elements
Compounds
Phases of Matter
Vocabulary
100
The measure of the space that matter takes up.
What is volume?
100
The basic building block of matter.
What is an element?
100
Any substance that is formed by the chemical combination of two or more elements.
What is a compound?
100
The three states of matter.
What is solid, liquid, and gas?
100
Anything that has mass and takes up space.
What is matter?
200
This material allows heat to flow through easily.
What is a conductor?
200
The smallest unit of an element.
What is an atom?
200
Symbols for compounds are also known as this.
What is chemical formulas?
200
The state of matter that molecules tend to be packed together in an organized way.
What is a solid?
200
The part of an atom that is uncharged.
What is a neutron?
300
An object's ability to float.
What is buoyancy?
300
An atomic particle that has a positive charge.
What is a proton?
300
The small number that is found below the element symbol.
What is a subscript?
300
When a liquid changes into a gas.
What is boiling point?
300
The measure of the amount of material there is in an object.
What is mass?
400
An object's ability to float is depends on this.
What is density?
400
An electron is a negatively charged particle that is in the space outside an atom's _________.
What is a nucleus?
400
The chemical formula for water.
What is H20?
400
When a liquid changes into a solid.
What is freezing point?
400
A material that does not permit energy to flow through them.
What is an insulator?
500
Density is found by dividing mass by this.
What is volume?
500
Each element is given one or two letters that are found on the periodic table.
What is a symbol?
500
This artificial compound is found in your kitchen pots and pans.
What is Teflon?
500
When the liquid contracts it is cold, and the liquid expands when it is heated.
What is how a thermometer works?
500
The measure of the force of gravity between Earth and an object.
What is weight?
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