Materials and their Structure Flashcards

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1
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3 groups of matter - solids, liquids, gas

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States of Matter

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2
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A space where there are no particles

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Vacuum

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3
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A testable theory

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Hypothesis

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4
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Everything that you can see and feel

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Matter

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5
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Matter that can spread out to fill all the space available but can be squashed into a smaller volume

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Gas

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6
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Matter that has a fixed shape

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Solid

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7
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Matter that has a fixed volume but takes the shape of its container

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Liquid

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8
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Move back and forth repeatedly

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Vibrate

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9
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Squashed

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Compressed

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10
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The amount of space taken up by the solid, liquid, or gas

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Volume

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11
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The feature of a material and how it behaves

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Property

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12
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The ideas that scientists have

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Theory

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13
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To pour, move smoothly

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Flow

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13
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To flow from a container

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Pour

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14
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Very small pieces of matter that everything is made up of

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Particle

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15
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A reference line on a graph that you can measure from to find values.

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Axis

16
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Change from a gas to a liquid

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Condense

17
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Change from a liquid to a gas

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Boil

18
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The temperature at which a liquid changes to a gas

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Boiling point

19
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To change from one state to another, melt, boil, evaporate, condense, freeze

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Change of state

20
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An instrument to measure temperature

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Thermometer

21
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Change from a liquid to a gas, at a temperature below boiling point

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Evaporation

22
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Change from a liquid to a solid

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Freeze

23
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Change from a solid to a liquid

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Melt

24
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Glassware for measuring the volume of a liquid

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Measuring Cylinder

25
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The curve on the edge of a liquid

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Meniscus

26
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The temperature at which a solid changes to a liquid

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Melting point

27
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Water in the form of a gas

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Water Vapour

28
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Water vapour produced when the water boils

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Steam

29
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Forces that hold particles together

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Attractive Forces

30
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Passed from one place to another

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Transferred

31
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The energy put into a substance that causes it to get hotter

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Thermal Energy

32
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To get larger

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