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the basic building block of most of the matter around us; the smallest particle of an element that has all the properties of that element.

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Atom

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Material that has mass and takes up some amount of space.

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Matter

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one of the basic substances that combine to form all other substances; a substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by ordinary chemical means.

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Element

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a pure substance that forms when two or more elements join chemically in a fixed proportion.

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Compound

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matter made up of two or more substances that are not joined chemically.

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Mixture

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a mixture in which substances are evenly distributed.

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Homogenous Mixture

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a mixture in which substances are not distributed evenly.

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Heterogeneous Mixture

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the ratio of mass to volume of a substance

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Density

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