6th Grade Mid-Term

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What is a substance?

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A single kind of matter that always has a specific makeup or composition.

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What is convection?

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The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid.

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What is a gas?

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A substance that has neither a definite shape nor definite volume.

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What is a solid?

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A substance that has a definite shape and a definite volume.

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What is a chemical property?

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Characteristics that describe something's ability to become something else.

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What is an element?

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A pure substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means.

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What is a mixture?

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A combination of two or more substances that are not chemically bonded.

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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 thermal energy?

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The energy that comes from the temperature of matter.

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What is conduction?

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The transfer of thermal energy through direct contact between materials.