Matter Vocabulary (6th Grade)

The smallest particle of an element composed of protons, neutrons, and electrons

• Atom

• Crystal

• Matter

• Molecule

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Solid material whose atoms are arranged in an ordered pattern

• Atoms

• Crystal

• Matter

• Pure substance

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Anything that has mass and takes up space.

• Solid

• Subscript

• Matter

• Chemical Properties

Smallest unit of a chemical compound

• atoms

• matter

• crystal

• molecule

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Pure Substance

• smallest particle of an element

• solid material whose atoms are arranged in an ordered pattern

• anything that has mass and takes up space

• single substance with definite composition and properties

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State of matter with definite volume & shape

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• plasma

Subscript

• state of matter

• smallest unit of chemical compound

• anything with mass

• number written below and to the right of letter in chemical formula

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Can be observed during a chemical change

• chemical properties

• physical properties

• chemical formula

• chemical equation

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Chemical reaction

• process of one or more substances produce one or more substances

• Anything that has mass and takes up space

• Written below and to the right of a letter

• smallest unit of a chemical compound

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Physical Properties

• Characteristics that can be observed with changing the substance

• Anything that has mass and takes up space

• Smallest unit of a chemical compound

• Observed during chemical change

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