Vocabulary
Define mass.
What is mass is the amount of matter or substance that makes up an object?
Atoms may join or bond together to form these.
What are compounds or molecules?
What is a solid?
This phase change occurs when a solid becomes a liquid.
What is melting?
What are the elements on the periodic table named after?
What is people, places, and mythical creatures?
Define volume.
What is volume is the amount of space an object takes up?
What is the chemical formula for water?
What is H2O?
This state of matter has the highest amount of energy because the particles are constantly moving and colliding with one another.
What is gas?
This phase change occurs when a liquid becomes a gas.
What is vaporization/evaporation?
There are currently _____ known elements today.
What is 118?
Define matter.
What is matter is anything that has mass and takes up space?
Define the Law of Conservation of Matter?
What is the law states that matter cannot be created or destroyed, but it can change from one form to another?
This state of matter will fill to match any container in which it is placed.
What is liquid?
This phase change occurs when a liquid becomes a solid.
What is freezing/solidification?
Elements are assigned atomic numbers. Atomic numbers tell us...
What is how many protons are in the nucleus?
Define an atom.
What is atoms are the foundation/building blocks of matter?
Explain why ideas and light are not considered matter.
What is ideas are not considered matter because they do not have mass or take up space? What is light is not considered matter because it is a form of energy?
State the states of matter and how their particles are moving.
Solids - the particles are not moving (except electrons)
Liquids - the particles have a little amount of movement
Gas - the particles have a high amount of movement
This phase change occurs when a solid goes directly to a gas without becoming a liquid first.
What is sublimation?
The noble gases are a column on the periodic table that all share certain characteristics. What are these characteristics?
What is they have no odor and no color?
Define element.
What is elements are solids, liquids, or gases that cannot be broken down or divided into anything else.
State the parts of an atom and their electrical charges. You must also list where they are located. (All must be correct for points!)
Electrons - on the outside, negative charge.
Protons - in the nucleus, positive charge.
Neutrons - in the nucleus, no charge/neutral.
Describe a physical property of a solid.
What is a solid may be magnetic?
What is a solid may be smooth?
What is a solid may be a certain color?
(there are other examples and I will decide if it gets points or not)
Explain what is needed to cause a substance to change from one phase to another.
What is a substance must either have heat/energy removed or added to change from one phase to another?
The atomic mass of an element tells us...
What is how many protons and neutrons are in the nucleus of an atom?