Matter Vocabulary Worksheet

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Matter is anything that

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has mass and takes up space

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Composes all physical substances

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Matter

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The smallest unit of any element

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Atom

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Basic building block of physical matter; cannot be broken down to a simpler substance

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Element

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Two or more atoms of different elements joined

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Compound

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2 or more atoms bonded together

(they can be the atoms of the same element or different)

O₂ is two oxygen atoms bonded together

H₂O is two hydrogen and one oxygen atoms bonded together, both are molecules

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Molecule

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Which term is defined as 'A chart organizing chemical elements that compose all matter; listed by atomic number and related groups'?

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Periodic Table

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State of matter composed of tightly packed molecules, resulting in a firm substance

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Solid

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State of matter composed of freely moving molecules that do not usually separate

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Liquid

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State of matter composed of freely moving molecules capable of indefinite expansion

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Gas