Properties of Matter Vocabulary

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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 an insulator?

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Something that DOES NOT ALLOW energy to flow through it easily.

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What is volume?

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The amount of space something takes up.

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What is a conductor?

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Something that ALLOWS energy to flow through it easily.

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What does it mean to dissolve?

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To spread out equally in a liquid and form a solution.

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What is mass?

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The amount of matter in an object.

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What is weight?

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The force of gravity acting on an object.

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What is a property of matter?

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A characteristic that can be observed or measured.

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