What is Matter?

Question 1

what is matter

Answer 1

substance that occupies space
has mass (measure of inertia, amount of material it contains)
can be converted to energy

Question 2

atom

Answer 2

smallest particle of matter that retains the properties of an element

Question 3

element

Answer 3

substance composed of a single kind of atom

cannot be broken down into another substance by chemical or physical means

Question 4

molecule

Answer 4

combo of atoms from same or different elements to form a new structure
smallest unit of a compound

Question 5

compound

Answer 5

various elements chemically combined together in a fixed ratio
a quantity of all the same molecule

Question 6

mixture

Answer 6

quantity of two or more substances of varying elements not chemically combined
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