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Introduction To Matter
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1. 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
Condensation
Melting
Pure Substance
Inertia
2. One of the elements of Group 18 of the periodic table (helium - neon - argon - krypton - xenon - and radon); noble gases are unreactive.
Pressure
Noble Gas
Alkali Metals
Metal
3. In a solution - the substance in which the solute dissolves.
Atomic Mass Unit
Solvent
Electron Cloud
Alkaline-Earth Metal
4. The amount of force exerted per unit area of a surface.
Mixture
States of Matter
Pressure
Viscosity
5. A nerve cell that is specialized to receive and conduct electrical impulses.
Viscosity
Change of State
Mass Number
Neutron
6. One of the elements of group 17 of the periodic table
Element
Halogen
Mass Number
Density
7. The state of matter in which the volume and shape of a substance are fixed.
States of Matter
Atomic Mass Unit
Atom
Solid
8. 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
Boiling
Periodic
Neutron
9. A region around the nucleus of an atom where electrons are likely to be found
Compound
Electron Cloud
Solubility
Liquid
10. The state of matter that has a definite volume but not a definite shape
Liquid
Chemical Property
Element
Volume
11. An element that is shiny and that conducts heat and electricity well.
Change of State
Mass Number
Element
Metal
12. A characteristic of a substance that does not involve a chemical change - such as density - color - or hardness.
Density
Concentration
Physical Property
Halogen
13. The amount of a particular substance in a given quantity of a mixture - solution - or ore
Concentration
Group
Atomic Mass
Atom
14. The change of a substance from a liquid to a gas
Atomic Mass
Meniscus
Suspension
Evaporation
15. The change of state from a gas to a liquid
States of Matter
Boiling
Condensation
Pressure
16. A from of matter that does not have a definite volume or shape
Gas
Viscosity
Neutron
Temperature
17. Anything that has mass and takes up space.
Pure Substance
Mass Number
Matter
Element
18. A combination of two or more substances that are not chemically combined.
Matter
Mixture
Atomic Mass Unit
Change of State
19. A mixture in which particles of a material are more or less evenly dispersed throughout a liquid or gas.
Suspension
Metal
Noble Gas
Group
20. Describes something that occurs or repeats at regular intervals.
Electron
Inertia
Periodic
Boiling
21. A measure of the gravitational force exerted on an object; its value can change with the location of the object in the universe.
Periodic Law
Electron Cloud
Weight
Noble Gas
22. A measure of the size or region in three-dimensional space.
Atomic Mass Unit
Volume
States of Matter
Mass
23. A sample of matter - either a single element or a single compound - that has definite chemical and physical properties.
Pure Substance
Volume
Proton
Period
24. 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.
Charles's Law
Weight
Mass
Electron Cloud
25. Elements that have properties of both metals and nonmetals; sometimes referred to as semiconductors.
Metalloid
Mixture
Atomic Mass
Solvent
26. The smallest unit of an element that maintains the properties of that element
Viscosity
Atom
Temperature
Solvent
27. In physical science - an atom's central region - which is made up of protons and neutrons.
Nucleus
Boyle's Law
Atomic Mass
Proton
28. The conversion of a liquid to a vapor when the vapor pressure of the liquid equals the atmospheric pressure
Boiling
Period
Metal
Mixture
29. One of the elements of group 2 of the periodic table
Periodic Law
Halogen
Surface Tension
Alkaline-Earth Metal
30. The physical forms of matter - which are solid - liquid - gas - and plasma.
Atomic number
Suspension
Chemical Change
States of Matter
31. A unit of geologic time that is longer than an epoch but shorter than an era.
Atomic number
Period
Chemical Property
Isotope
32. A homogeneous mixture throughout which two or more substances are uniformly dispersed.
Solution
Solvent
Temperature
Periodic Law
33. The force that acts on the surface of a liquid and that tends to minimize the area of the surface.
Mass
Surface Tension
Element
Sublimation
34. The law that states that the volume of a gas is inversely proportional to the pressure of a gas when temperature is constant
35. The curve at a liquid's surface by which one measures the volume of the liquid.
Chemical Change
Meniscus
Halogen
Surface Tension
36. A subatomic particle that has a negative charge
Weight
Electron
Boyle's Law
Alkali Metals
37. The change of state in which a solid becomes a liquid by adding heat or changing pressure.
Condensation
Melting
Liquid
Chemical Property
38. A unit of mass that describes the mass of an atom or molecule
Atomic Mass Unit
Melting
Boiling
Alkaline-Earth Metal
39. 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.
Physical Property
Density
Proton
Atomic number
40. An element that conducts heat and electricity poorly and that does not form positive ions in an electrolytic solution.
Concentration
Nonmetal
Alkali Metals
Weight
41. The sum of the numbers of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom.
Halogen
Noble Gas
Mass Number
Neutron
42. The ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume of the substance
Density
Condensation
Meniscus
Electron
43. The change of a substance from one physical state to another
Boiling
Atom
Periodic
Change of State
44. A measure of how hot (or cold) something is; specifically - a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object.
Atomic Mass
Physical Property
Temperature
Compound
45. 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.
Gas
Boyle's Law
Solubility
Metalloid
46. The resistance of a gas or liquid to flow.
Mass Number
Viscosity
Group
Solvent
47. A vertical column of elements in the periodic table; elements in a group share chemical properties
Group
Charles's Law
Colloid
Atom
48. The mass of an atom expressed in atomic mass units
Metal
Atomic Mass
Surface Tension
Periodic Law
49. The law that states that the repeating chemical and physical properties of elements change periodically with the atomic numbers of the elements.
Sublimation
Periodic Law
Noble Gas
Physical Property
50. The law that states that the volume of a gas is directly proportional to the temperature of a gas when pressure is constant