Properties of Matter

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Matter

Anything that takes up space

Physical Properties

Anything you can observe about an object by using your senses

Solid

A form of matter that takes up a specific amount of space and has a definite shape

Liquid

A form of matter that has volume that says the same but can change its shape.

Gas

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

Atoms

The basic building block of matter

Evaporation

The process by which a liquid changes into a gas.

Physical Change

A change to matter in which no new kinds of matter are formed.

Solution

A mixture in which the particle of two different kinds of matter mix together evenly

Mixture

A substance that contains two or more different types of matter.

Three physical properties of matter

size, color, shinyness, texture

Three states of matter

solid, liquid, gas

Matter is made up of

atoms

Adding heat changes a solid to a

liquid

Adding heat changes a liquid to a

fas

Taking heat away from a gas changes it to a

liquid

Taking heat away from a liquid changes it to a

solid