Structure and Properties of Matter

The smallest part of an element that still retains the properties of that element

• compound

• atom

• matter

• electron

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The energy transferred between objects that are at different temperatures; flows from the substance with the higher temperature to the substance at a lower temperature; caused by friction due to collisions of particles

• heat

• temperature

• sound energy

• chemical energy

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Adding thermal energy to a substance is called

• cooling.

• heating.

• expansion.

• contraction.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A measure of how hot (or cold) something is; specifically, a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object

• expansion

• contraction

• heat

• temperature

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Result of a substance being cooled when molecules move slower and closer together; exception H2O

• contraction

• expansion

• energy

• heat

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Anything that has mass and takes up space

• volume

• mass

• matter

• energy

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Removing thermal energy from a substance

• heating

• cooling

• temperature

• endothermic

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The ratio of mass of a substance to its volume; D = m/V

• mass

• volume

• density

• mL

Result of a substance being heated when molecules move faster and farther apart

• shrinking

• cooling

• expansion

• contraction

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The smallest unit of a substance that keeps all of the physical and chemical properties of that substance

• atom

• molecule

• electron

• electron cloud

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1