Matter Vocab Flashcard

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What is matter that is made of more than one substance?

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Mixture

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What do you call what you can observe or measure about something that helps you identify or describe it?

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Property

Front

What is matter that is made of only one kind of atom or molecule?

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Substance

Front

What does it mean to describe how something works or why something happens?

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Explain

Front

What is an ingredient that allows normally unmixable liquids to stay mixed?

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Emulsifier

Front

What is the smallest unit of matter?

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Atom

Front

What is a combination of two or more substances that are not chemically bonded?

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Mixture

Front

What term describes a characteristic of a substance that can be observed without changing its identity?

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Physical property

Front

What is a change that affects one or more physical properties of a substance?

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Physical change

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What is a substance made of two or more different types of atoms bonded together?

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Compound