Properties and States of Matter Vocabulary Review

Physical Science - Middle School

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Key Vocabulary Terms © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. 94-4834 Visit www.newpathlearning.com for Online Learning Resources. amorphous solid a type of solid with randomly arranged particles and an imprecise melting point boiling point 100ºC gas liquid boiling point the temperature when a liquid begins to boil and becomes a gas colloid a mixture with evenly dispersed particles that are too small to see, but are large enough to scatter light and be filtered O H H H2O water compound a molecule made up of two or more different elements that are chemically combined concentration the amount of solute in a given amount of solvent condensation the process by which water vapor (gas) cools and becomes liquid droplets of water crystalline solid a type of solid with particles that have a regular repeated pattern and a definite geometric shape evaporation the process of a liquid changing into a gas -40 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 60 70 80 90 100 140 160 180 200 0ºC freezing point the temperature when a liquid becomes a solid; water’s freezing point is 0°Celsius 1 cup 1 2 matter anything that has mass and occupies space; a solid, liquid or gas -40 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 60 70 80 90 100 140 160 180 200 0ºC melting point the temperature at which matter changes from a solid to a liquid; an ice cube’s melting point is 0°Celsius mixture the physical combination of two or more different materials or substances solute solute the substance dissolved in a liquid forming a solution solvent solvent typically a liquid that dissolves a substance to form a solution solvent solvent water vapor solute solute type of solid examples particle arrangement melting point amorphous glass, rubber random not precise rubber glass type of solid examples crystalline salt, quartz regular, repeated pattern precise particle arrangement melting point salt quartz water vapor liquid water gas liquid boiling point 100ºC water
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