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The amount of space that something takes up
What is volume?
A state of matter with particles that don't have a specific volume or shape; the particles take on the volume and shape of the container.
What is a gas?
The positively charged particles in an atom
What is a proton?
Valuable crystals often used to make jewelry
What are gemstones?
A mixture that is so well mixed that you cannot see the different substances
What is homogeneous?
Tells us how much matter is inside something
What is mass?
Substances that are free to flow, with no particular shape.
What is a liquid?
The number of protons an atom has
What is the atomic number?
A substance whose ph is lower than 7. It is sour, ruins metals, and conducts electricity. Examples include lemon and vinegar.
What is an acid?
A mixture that is not well mixed up. You can actually see the different substances.
What is heterogeneous?
The ability of something to float
What is buoyancy?
The temperature that makes a solid turn into a liquid
What is melting point?
The negatively charged particles in an atom
What is an electron?
A reaction that doesn't change the molecules of a substance but changes how the substance looks and sometimes its state of matter.
What is a physical reaction?
A mixture where larger particles are mixed into and suspended throughout smaller particles
What is a suspension?
The amount of shine something has
What is luster?
A substance that's both a solid and a liquid
What is a non-Newtonian liquid?
A group of one kind of atom. All of these are organized into a special chart called the Periodic Table.
What is an element?
Solids that have a regular, repeating arrangement of atoms. Examples include salt, sugar, and rock candy.
What is a crystal?
A mixture made up of one substance dissolved into another substance
What is solution?
What we call something that's bendable
What is malleable?
The thickness or resistance to flow in a liquid
What is viscosity?
The number of nucleons (protons and neutrons) an atom has
What is the mass number?
Molecules arranged in long chains of lots of repeating small molecules. Examples include putty, slime, plastics, DNA, proteins, and spider webs.
What is a polymer?
Metals that have been dissolved into other metals to form a metal solution
What is an alloy?