Properties of Matter Vocabulary

Everything and anything that has mass and takes up space

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the point that liquid changes to a solid

• melting point

• solid

• boiling point

• freezing point

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the ability to dissolve

property of an object attracted to another object

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slows down or stops electricity and heat (thermal)

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insulator

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definite volume but no definite shape

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liquid

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allows the flow of electricity or thermal energy

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the ability to float

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buoyant

no definite volume (space) and no definite shape

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gas

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point when a liquid changes to a gas

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boiling point

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