6th Grade: Topic 1-Introduction to Matter

Anything that has mass and takes up space

• Energy
• Light
• Sound
• Matter

A single kind of matter that always has a specific makeup or composition

• Element
• Substance

• Mixture
• Solution

A characteristic that can be observed without changing the matter into another type of matter

• Physical Property

• Chemical Property

• Melting Point
• Chemical Reaction

Characteristics that describe something's ability to become something else

• Change

• Color
• Chemical Property

• Physical Property

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The basic unit from which all matter is made

• Atom
• Molecule
• Cell
• Electron

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Substances that are made up of only one type of atom

• Compounds
• Mixtures
• Elements
• Molecules

A group of 2 or more atoms held together by a chemical bond

• Molecule
• Element
• Compound
• Ion

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A substance made of 2 or more elements that are chemically combined in a set ratio

• Mixture
• Solution
• Compound
• Atom

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Something that is made up of 2 or more substances that are together in the same place, but their atoms are not chemically bonded

• Element
• Compound
• Mixture
• Atom

The amount of matter in an object

• Weight
• Volume
• Density
• Mass

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