MSTEP Science Review Matter VOCABULARY

What is matter?

• A state of matter that does not have its own shape

• The form an object takes

• Anything that takes up space and has mass

• The temperature at which a liquid becomes a gas

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What is the boiling point?

• The temperature a solid becomes a liquid

• The temperature a liquid becomes a solid

• The temperature a liquid becomes a gas

• Gas changing to a liquid as it is cooled

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What does it mean when a substance dissolves?

• To change from a solid to a liquid

• To change from a liquid to a gas

• To mix completely with another substance to make a solution

• To separate into individual components

What is condensation?

• The temperature at which a liquid becomes a solid

• Gas changing to a liquid as it is cooled

• The temperature at which a solid becomes a liquid

• Liquid changing to a gas as it is heated

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What is the definition of texture?

• How large or small an object is

• The form an object takes

• How something feels on the outside

• The measure of the pull of gravity on an object

What is the melting point?

• The temperature a liquid becomes a gas

• The temperature a solid becomes a liquid

• The temperature a liquid becomes a solid

• Gas changing to a liquid as it is cooled

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What is the definition of heat according to the learning material?

• The process of heat changing an object from a solid to a liquid

• The smallest unit of a substance that still has all of its properties

• Energy that causes something to be warm

• How easily something dissolves in a liquid

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What does 'Temperature' refer to in the document?

• The space an object takes up

• How hot or cold something is

• A substance that dissolves in liquid

• The liquid a solute dissolves into

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According to the document, what are 'Solid Molecules'?

• Molecules that are spread apart and can move around freely

• Molecules that are close together, but can still move past each other

• Tightly packed Molecules that do not move around much

• The smallest unit of a substance that still has all of its properties

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What is a 'Molecule' as defined in the learning material?

• The process of heat leaving an object changing it from a liquid to a solid

• The smallest unit of a substance that still has all of its properties

• A change in size, shape or state of matter with no new matter being made

• How hard or soft an object is when squeezed

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