Vocabulary Practice

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a characteristic of a substance or object that can be observed or measured

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properties

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lose or cause to lose luster or color, especially as a result of exposure to air or moisture

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tarnish

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arrange (a group of people or things) in classes or categories according to shared qualities or characteristics.

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classify

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particular kind of matter with uniform properties.

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substance

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made up or consisting of two or more existing parts or elements.

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compound

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a pure substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means

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element

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a group of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds

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molecule

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used to represent the elements

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chemical symbol

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a shorthand way to represent the elements and their proportions within a compound, using chemical symbols and subscripts

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chemical formula

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the process of something coming into existence or a structured arrangement of things

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formation