Classification of Matter

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What do you call anything that has mass and volume?

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Matter

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What are the building blocks of matter?

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Atoms

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It has a fixed arrangement of atoms. Hard and rigid. Have exact volume?

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Solids

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A kind of matter that has no definite shape but has a definite volume. Particles slide past each other. Follows the shape of their container.

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Liquid

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What is the state of matter where atoms do not have regular pattern of arrangement and have greatest distance between atoms. It does not have a definite shape and volume?

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Gas

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It has a definite composition and unique set of properties. Its composition does not vary. It is made up of only one kind of atom, a group of the same kind of atoms, or different kinds of atoms that are bonded together.

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Pure Substance

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It is a pure substance made up of only one kind of atom.

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Element

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It is made of two or more elements that are chemically combined.

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Compound

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It is made of two or more substances that are physically combined. The substances combined may be separated physically.

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Mixture

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It is a mixture that has a uniform appearance. Substances combined cannot be identified.

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Homogenous mixture