Properties of Matter Vocab

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Table of chemical elements arranged by atomic number

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Periodic table of elements

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A pure substance that cannot be simplified; found on the periodic table.

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Element

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Smallest particle of an element

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Atom

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A combination of two or more substances that retain their own properties and can be separated; not chemically combined.

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Mixture

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Negatively charged particle orbiting an atom's nucleus.

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Electron

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A pure substance made of two or more types of elements chemically combined.

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Compound

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Occupies space, has mass, exists as solid, liquid, or gas.

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Matter

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Mass cannot be created or destroyed in a closed system.

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Law of conservation of mass

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Positively charged particle in an atom's nucleus.

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Proton

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Neutral particle in an atom's nucleus.

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Neutron