Classifying Matter Vocabulary

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What is the amount of matter in something?

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Mass

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What do you call a combination of two or more substances that can be easily separated in some physical way?

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Mixture

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What is a type of mixture in which the particles of one or more substances are dissolved?

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Solution

Front

What is the ability of a substance to dissolve in another substance?

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Solubility

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What state of matter expands to take both the shape and the volume of its container?

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Gas

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What is a solid?

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A state of matter that has a definite shape and volume.

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What is a liquid?

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A state of matter that has a definite volume but takes the shape of its container.

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What is a gas?

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A state of matter that has no definite shape or volume.

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What is a solution?

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A homogeneous mixture where one substance is dissolved in another.

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What is an example of a mixture?

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Salad, as it contains different ingredients that can be separated.