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CRYSTALA solid form of material that can be identified by its special shape, pattern, or color.
GRAMA metric unit of mass.
MILLILITERA metric unit of capacity.
DIATOMACEOUS EARTHThe powdered, skeletal remains of diatoms, which are aquatic organisms in the protist family.
SOLUTIONA special mixture formed when a material dissolves into another material and can not be filtered out.
SODIUM CHLORIDESalt- a white crystalline material that dissolves in water.
DISSOLVEThe process when one material spreads out evenly into another so that it SEEMS to disappear- but it doesn’t!!
PROPERTYA characteristic of an object that you can observe such as size, shape, or color.
MIXTURETwo or more materials mixed or stirred together that can be separated and keep their original properties.
CHEMICAL REACTIONThe process in which two or more materials combine to make one or more new substances that have different properties than the original materials.
CITRIC ACIDA white, odorless acid with a sour taste that is used in many candies and drinks.
CONCENTRATIONThe relative amount of a material in a mixture
DENSITYThe ratio of the mass of a material compared to its volume
EVAPORATIONThe process when liquids turn into gas and disperse into the air, leaving any solid material behind.
PRECIPITATEA solid material that forms during a chemical reaction.
SATURATED SOLUTIONA solution where as much solid material as possible has dissolved in a liquid, and any additional solid material sits on the bottom.
SOLUBLECapable of being dissolved.
SOLUTEA substance that dissolves. Example: salt
SOLVENTThe material that the solute dissolves into. Example: water
CHEMISTRYA study of the structure of matter and the interactions between matter and energy.
ATOMThe building block of all matter. The smallest particle of an element.
MOLECULEThe combination of two or more elements.
SOLIDMatter that has a definite shape and always takes up the same amount of space.
LIQUIDMatter that flows freely.
GASMatter that has no definite size or shape.
PLASMAA gas that has been given an electrical charge
ELEMENTA substance that can not be broken down by simple chemical or physical processes.
DILUTETo make a solution less concentrated, usually by adding more liquid.
VOLUMEThe 3 dimensional space occupied by something.
CHANGEThe process of becoming something different.