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Introduction To Matter
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1. An element that is shiny and that conducts heat and electricity well.
Atomic Mass Unit
Metal
Mass
Volume
2. A from of matter that does not have a definite volume or shape
Gas
Compound
Alkali Metals
Solubility
3. The force that acts on the surface of a liquid and that tends to minimize the area of the surface.
Solution
Surface Tension
Melting
Electron Cloud
4. The smallest unit of an element that maintains the properties of that element
Viscosity
Atom
Element
Halogen
5. The ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume of the substance
Density
Solid
Charles's Law
Pressure
6. In a solution - the substance in which the solute dissolves.
Mass
States of Matter
Solvent
Pure Substance
7. The change of state in which a solid becomes a liquid by adding heat or changing pressure.
Period
Group
Melting
Matter
8. A substance made up of atoms of two or more different elements joined by chemical bonds
Mixture
Gas
Meniscus
Compound
9. The amount of force exerted per unit area of a surface.
Boyle's Law
Pressure
Element
Physical Change
10. A change that occurs when one or more substances change into entirely new substances with different properties
Periodic Law
Mass
Weight
Chemical Change
11. The state of matter that has a definite volume but not a definite shape
Gas
Periodic Law
Sublimation
Liquid
12. A measure of how hot (or cold) something is; specifically - a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object.
Meniscus
Mass Number
Temperature
Halogen
13. The tendency of an object to resist being moved or - if the object is moving - to resist a change in speed or direction until an outside force acts on the object
Element
Metal
Inertia
Volume
14. The resistance of a gas or liquid to flow.
Surface Tension
Melting
Chemical Property
Viscosity
15. A measure of the gravitational force exerted on an object; its value can change with the location of the object in the universe.
Change of State
Physical Property
Alkaline-Earth Metal
Weight
16. The sum of the numbers of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom.
Mass Number
Volume
Melting
Colloid
17. The state of matter in which the volume and shape of a substance are fixed.
Compound
Colloid
Nucleus
Solid
18. One of the elements of Group 18 of the periodic table (helium - neon - argon - krypton - xenon - and radon); noble gases are unreactive.
Condensation
Element
Change of State
Noble Gas
19. The mass of an atom expressed in atomic mass units
Alkaline-Earth Metal
Condensation
Atomic Mass
Melting
20. A vertical column of elements in the periodic table; elements in a group share chemical properties
Colloid
Group
States of Matter
Condensation
21. The law that states that the volume of a gas is inversely proportional to the pressure of a gas when temperature is constant
22. A mixture consisting of tiny particles that are intermediate in size between those in solutions and those in suspensions and that are suspended in liquid - solid - or gas
Colloid
Condensation
Metal
Suspension
23. A unit of mass that describes the mass of an atom or molecule
Halogen
Atomic Mass Unit
Alkaline-Earth Metal
Boyle's Law
24. The amount of a particular substance in a given quantity of a mixture - solution - or ore
Element
Concentration
Nonmetal
Metal
25. A subatomic particle that has a negative charge
Condensation
Sublimation
Electron
Physical Change
26. One of the elements of group 17 of the periodic table
Density
Alkali Metals
Halogen
Physical Property
27. The ability of one substance to dissolve in another at a given temperature and pressure; expressed in terms of the amount of solute that will dissolve in a given amount of solvent to produce a saturated solution.
Condensation
Atomic Mass
Solubility
Matter
28. The law that states that the repeating chemical and physical properties of elements change periodically with the atomic numbers of the elements.
Metal
Isotope
Suspension
Periodic Law
29. A property of matter that describes a substances ability to participate in chemical reactions
Periodic Law
Gas
Chemical Property
Isotope
30. The process in which a solid changes directly into a gas (the term is sometimes also used for the reverse process).
Pure Substance
Solution
Physical Change
Sublimation
31. The physical forms of matter - which are solid - liquid - gas - and plasma.
Temperature
Compound
Group
States of Matter
32. A subatomic particle that has a positive charge and that is located in the nucleus of an atom; the number of protons in the nucleus is the atomic number - which determines the identity of an element.
Inertia
Proton
Group
Weight
33. A combination of two or more substances that are not chemically combined.
Pure Substance
Atomic Mass Unit
Mixture
Condensation
34. A change of matter from one form to another without a change in chemical properties.
Isotope
Concentration
Physical Change
Electron
35. An element that conducts heat and electricity poorly and that does not form positive ions in an electrolytic solution.
Nonmetal
Neutron
Group
Surface Tension
36. The change of state from a gas to a liquid
Metalloid
Electron
Electron Cloud
Condensation
37. One of the elements of group 2 of the periodic table
Neutron
Density
Alkaline-Earth Metal
Compound
38. The law that states that the volume of a gas is directly proportional to the temperature of a gas when pressure is constant
39. A measure of the amount of matter in an object; a fundamental property of an object that is not affected by the forces that act on the object - such as the gravitational force.
Pressure
Mass
Atomic number
Nonmetal
40. A nerve cell that is specialized to receive and conduct electrical impulses.
Noble Gas
Neutron
Solubility
Liquid
41. The change of a substance from one physical state to another
Atomic Mass Unit
Change of State
Volume
Sublimation
42. One of the elements of Group 1 of the periodic table
Periodic
Alkali Metals
Volume
Chemical Change
43. Elements that have properties of both metals and nonmetals; sometimes referred to as semiconductors.
Solubility
Electron
Metalloid
Liquid
44. An atom that has the same number of protons (or the same atomic number) as other atoms of teh same element do but that has a different number of neutrons (and thus a different atomic mass)
Meniscus
Sublimation
Temperature
Isotope
45. A homogeneous mixture throughout which two or more substances are uniformly dispersed.
Condensation
Period
Solution
Alkaline-Earth Metal
46. A characteristic of a substance that does not involve a chemical change - such as density - color - or hardness.
Noble Gas
States of Matter
Physical Property
Charles's Law
47. The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom; the atomic number is the same for all atoms of an element
Atomic number
States of Matter
Periodic Law
Physical Change
48. A region around the nucleus of an atom where electrons are likely to be found
Solvent
Electron Cloud
Suspension
Temperature
49. The curve at a liquid's surface by which one measures the volume of the liquid.
States of Matter
Meniscus
Alkali Metals
Boiling
50. In physical science - an atom's central region - which is made up of protons and neutrons.
Nucleus
Atomic Mass
Solubility
Melting