Properties of Matter

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What is a conductor?

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A material that allows energy (such as heat or electricity) to flow through it easily.

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What describes the arrangement of particles in a solid?

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The particles in a solid are tightly packed and have very little energy.

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What is temperature?

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The measure of the energy of motion in the particles of matter, which we feel as how hot or cold something is.

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What is volume?

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The amount of space something takes up.

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What particles are found in the nucleus of an atom?

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Protons and neutrons.

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What is an insulator?

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A material that does not allow energy to flow through it easily.

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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 the difference between a solid, liquid, and gas?

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Solids have a definite shape and volume, liquids have a definite volume but take the shape of their container, and gases have neither a definite shape nor volume.

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What is the atomic theory?

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The theory that all matter is made up of atoms, which are the basic units of matter.