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1
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What happens when we zoom closer and closer into the specimen using a microscope?

A

We see more detail

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Atom

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Building blocks of all matter, smallest unit of an element

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Molecule

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Formed when atoms bond together

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Element

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A specific type of atom

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Matter

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Anything that is mass and takes up space

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How to identify atoms and molecules?

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An atom only has one element and a molecule has more than one atom

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What gases make up the atmosphere?

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Nitrogen, oxygen, argon, and trace gases

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What are 6 examples of air pollution?

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Ozone o3, carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and lead PB

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What are causes of air pollution?

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Gasoline from cars, powerplants, burning fossil fuels, and industry

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What are the characteristics of a solid?

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Molecules vibrate/they have a definite shape and a definite volume

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What is a characteristic of a liquid?

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Molecules move freely, but not too freely/ they have no definite shape, but a definite volume

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What is the characteristic of a gas?

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The molecules move in random motion/have no definite shape or volume

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What is density?

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How packed molecules are in matter

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List the states of matter in order from least dense to most dense:

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Gas, liquid, and solid

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How does heat affects states of matter and density?

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It affects it by heat making the molecules move faster. The faster, the molecules move, less dense becomes.

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What are the phase changes of water?

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Solid to liquid is melting
Liquid to solid is freezing
Liquid to gas is evaporation
Gas to liquid is condensation
Gas to solid is deposition
Solid to gas simulation

17
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What is independent variable?

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The variable that is manipulated in an experiment; the factor that the experimenter changes

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What is the dependent variable?

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The variable that is affected in an experiment; the variable that will change as a result of the independent variable

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What are the controls/constants?

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Factors that stay the same between the different groups of an experiment

20
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What is heat?

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A measurement of energy

21
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What is Temperature?

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Measure of the average heat or thermal energy of the molecules in a substance

22
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What is an insulator?

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Materials that transfer heat slowly

23
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What is a conductor?

A

Material that transfers heat quickly 

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