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Introduction To Matter

Subject : science
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1. The conversion of a liquid to a vapor when the vapor pressure of the liquid equals the atmospheric pressure






2. A mixture in which particles of a material are more or less evenly dispersed throughout a liquid or gas.






3. The ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume of the substance






4. The law that states that the volume of a gas is inversely proportional to the pressure of a gas when temperature is constant


5. A characteristic of a substance that does not involve a chemical change - such as density - color - or hardness.






6. 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






7. A nerve cell that is specialized to receive and conduct electrical impulses.






8. 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.






9. A property of matter that describes a substances ability to participate in chemical reactions






10. One of the elements of group 2 of the periodic table






11. The physical forms of matter - which are solid - liquid - gas - and plasma.






12. The process in which a solid changes directly into a gas (the term is sometimes also used for the reverse process).






13. A sample of matter - either a single element or a single compound - that has definite chemical and physical properties.






14. The change of state from a gas to a liquid






15. In physical science - an atom's central region - which is made up of protons and neutrons.






16. The state of matter that has a definite volume but not a definite shape






17. 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.






18. A homogeneous mixture throughout which two or more substances are uniformly dispersed.






19. The force that acts on the surface of a liquid and that tends to minimize the area of the surface.






20. A region around the nucleus of an atom where electrons are likely to be found






21. A unit of mass that describes the mass of an atom or molecule






22. A substance that cannot be separate or broken down into simpler substances by chemical means






23. The amount of a particular substance in a given quantity of a mixture - solution - or ore






24. A measure of the size or region in three-dimensional space.






25. The change of state in which a solid becomes a liquid by adding heat or changing pressure.






26. In a solution - the substance in which the solute dissolves.






27. Anything that has mass and takes up space.






28. Describes something that occurs or repeats at regular intervals.






29. The smallest unit of an element that maintains the properties of that element






30. The change of a substance from one physical state to another






31. The curve at a liquid's surface by which one measures the volume of the liquid.






32. Elements that have properties of both metals and nonmetals; sometimes referred to as semiconductors.






33. A substance made up of atoms of two or more different elements joined by chemical bonds






34. The mass of an atom expressed in atomic mass units






35. An element that conducts heat and electricity poorly and that does not form positive ions in an electrolytic solution.






36. A from of matter that does not have a definite volume or shape






37. The amount of force exerted per unit area of a surface.






38. The resistance of a gas or liquid to flow.






39. One of the elements of group 17 of the periodic table






40. A vertical column of elements in the periodic table; elements in a group share chemical properties






41. A subatomic particle that has a negative charge






42. The change of a substance from a liquid to a gas






43. 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)






44. A combination of two or more substances that are not chemically combined.






45. The sum of the numbers of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom.






46. One of the elements of Group 1 of the periodic table






47. The law that states that the volume of a gas is directly proportional to the temperature of a gas when pressure is constant


48. A change of matter from one form to another without a change in chemical properties.






49. A unit of geologic time that is longer than an epoch but shorter than an era.






50. 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.