Vocabulary A
These are the basic building blocks of all matter
What is the atom?
What is the Kinetic Theory?
Removing heat from a liquid changing it to a solid
What is a physical or phase change?
Mud
What is a heterogeneous mixture?
When something has a definite composition that will not change
What is a pure substance?
These contain only a single type of atom
What is an element?
What is a solid?
Burning wood results in ashes and heat
What is a chemical change?
Carbon Dioxide CO2
What is a compound?
The combination of one or more elements chemically bonded together
What is a compound?
These are made of 2 or more atoms
What are molecules?
Has definite volume but takes the shape of its container
What is a liquid?
The name of the phase change in which a solid goes directly into a gas without going through a liquid stage
What is sublimation?
Gold (Au)
What is an element?
A combination of many different elements not chemically combined
What is a mixture?
What is conductivity?
Phase of matter with the highest kinetic energy
What is a gas?
This type of change may result in a change in volume, size or shape
What is a physical change?
Oxygen
What is an element?
Everything around us and is defined as having mass and taking up space
What is matter?
The property of metals which refers to how it can be hammered or rolled into thin sheets
What is malleability?
The movement of a substance from an area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration
What is diffusion?
The evidences for this type of change include heat production, formation of a gas, a color change and the formation of precipitates
What is a chemical change?
Cake
What is a homogeneous mixture?
The ability of matter to burn in the presence of oxygen
What is flammability?