Properties of Matter Vocabulary

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What is weight?

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The force of gravity on an object.

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What does it mean to sink?

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To drop below the surface of a liquid.

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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 physical properties?

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Characteristics of matter that can be observed or measured.

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What is mass?

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The amount of matter in something.

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What is volume?

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The amount of space an object occupies.

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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.

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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 density?

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The mass of an object divided by its volume.