Vocabulary
What does Evaporate mean?
To turn from liquid to gas.
What are cells?
The basic building blocks of living things.
How many states of matter are there?
4
What are solids?
Matter that is composed of atoms packed tightly together are known as solids.
What happens when liquid is left in heat?
It evaporates.
What does Chemistry mean?
The Science of Matter
What does decompose mean?
To decay
What are the states of matter?
Gas, Liquid, Solid, and Plasma
What are some Examples of matter?
Humans obtain matter from the food and water they consume, air, sunlight, minerals, and synthetic materials.
How does solid form into liquid?
When a solid is heated above its melting point, the particles in the solid gain enough energy to overcome the bonds that hold them in place, and the solid turns into a liquid
What does Horizon mean?
Where the Earth seems to meet the sky
What does hunch mean?
A guess based on feeling, not facts
What are liquids?
Have a definite volume but take the shape of their container. Examples include water in a glass.
Where is matter?
Matter is all around us. Matter is the air you are breathing.
How are the states of Matter formed?
States of matter are formed when energy is added or removed from matter, causing a physical change.
What does Molecule mean?
A group of atoms bonded together
What does condense mean?
To change from a gas to a liquid
What are Gases?
Have neither a definite shape nor volume, and are affected by pressure and temperature changes. Examples include the air we breathe
What are matters Properties?
Matter has qualities that describe it scientifically, such as its color, shininess, state at room temperature, odor, mass, temperature at which it changes states, electric conductivity, and flexibility
How do solids work?
A solid is characterized by structural rigidity (as in rigid bodies) and resistance to a force applied to the surface.
What does Bond mean?
In Chemistry an attraction between atoms that allows chemical substances to be formed.
What does encased mean?
Completly surrounded
What is matter?
physical substance in general, as distinct from mind and spirit (in physics) that which occupies space and possesses rest mass, especially as distinct from energy.
What is Particle nature?
Matter that is made up of particles that are very small and are always moving
How does plasma work?
It occurs when a neutral gas is heated to the point that some of the electrons are freed from the atoms or molecules, forming a partially-ionized gas.