Properties of Matter 5.5A

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What is relative density?

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How dense something is compared with a reference material. More dense than water will sink, less dense than water will float.

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Which of the following is least dense: oil, water, syrup, or cork?

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Cork.

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What is solubility?

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Ability of a solid to dissolve in a liquid.

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Which of these is least useful as a conductor: plastic bowl, aluminum block, copper wire, or iron nail?

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Plastic bowl.

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What does it mean to classify?

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To group something together based on similar characteristics.

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What is matter?

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Anything that has mass and takes up space.

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What are the three states of matter?

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Solid, liquid, and gas.

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What is a physical change?

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A change that affects one or more physical properties of a substance without changing its chemical composition.

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What is a chemical change?

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A change that results in the formation of new chemical substances.

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What is density?

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The mass of an object divided by its volume.