Matter Vocabulary Flashcard

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What does it mean to classify objects?

Back

To group objects based on like properties.

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What are the forms that matter can exist in?

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States of Matter: Solid, Liquid, and Gas.

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What is matter?

Back

Anything that takes up space and has mass.

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What is the process called when a liquid changes to a gas?

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Evaporation.

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What state of matter takes the shape of its container and flows?

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Liquid.

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What is a solid?

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A state of matter that has 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 condensation?

Back

The process by which a gas changes to a liquid.

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What is mass?

Back

The amount of matter in an object.