Properties of Matter: Density, Temperature, Phases

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What is matter?

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Anything that has mass and takes up space.

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What is mass?

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The amount of matter in an object.

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What is volume?

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The amount of space an object occupies.

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What is density?

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Mass per unit volume of a substance.

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What is heat energy?

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Energy that is transferred between systems or objects with different temperatures.

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What are the phases of matter?

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Solid, liquid, gas, and plasma.

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What is a solid?

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A state of matter with a definite shape and volume.

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What is a liquid?

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A state of matter with a definite volume but no definite shape.

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What is a gas?

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A state of matter with no definite shape or volume.

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What is plasma?

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A state of matter where gas is energized until atomic electrons are no longer associated with the nucleus.