Atoms & Matter
The subatomic particle with a positive charge.
What is a proton?
An element that is usually shiny and a good conductor of electricity
What is a metal?
When an object sinks in water, it is this compared with water
What is more dense?
The state of matter with a definite shape and definite volume
What is a solid?
The Earth sphere that includes all of Earth's water.
What is the hydrosphere?
The subatomic particle with a negative charge
What is an electron?
The ability of a material to allow electricity to flow through it
What is conductivity?
When an object floats in a liquid, it is this compared with the liquid
What is less dense?
The state of matter with a definite volume but no definite shape
what is a liquid?
The Earth sphere that includes rocks, soil, and land
What is geosphere?
The part of the atom where protons and neutrons are found
What is the nucleus?
A property that means a material can be pounded or rolled into thin sheets
What is malleability?
The measurement that compares how much matter is packed into a certain amount of space
What is density?
The state of matter with no definite shape or volume with no definite shape or volume that can be compressed
What is a gas?
The Earth sphere that includes all living things
What is the bioshpere?
The subatomic particle that determines the identity of an element
What is a proton?
An element that is brittle, shiny, and a partial conductor
What is a metalloid?
One substance sinks in water, and another substance floats. The substance that sinks is ____ dense
What is more dense?
As temperature increases, the particles speed of motion does this
What is increase/What is faster?
The Earth sphere made up of the gases and air surrounding Earth
What is the atmosphere?
The number you get when you subtract the atomic number from the atomic mass
What are the neutrons?
A substance made of two or more different elements chemically combined
What is a compound?
When salt is added to water, the water becomes more dense. This can cause an object that was sinking to do this
What is float?
The type of energy of motion that increases when particles move faster
What is kinetic energy?
The Earth spheres involved when water evaporates from a lake and enters the air
What are the hydrosphere and atmosphere?