Matter

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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 a solid?

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A state of matter that has a definite shape and volume.

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What is a chemical change?

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When one kind of matter changes to a different kind of matter.

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What does it mean to compress a gas?

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To squeeze a gas into a smaller space.

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What is volume?

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The amount of space that matter occupies.

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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.

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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.