Matter

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  1. solid
    not soft or yielding to pressure
  2. liquid
    fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
  3. gas
    state of matter distinguished from solid and liquid states
  4. evaporation
    the process of becoming a suspension of particles in the air
  5. condensation
    process of changing from a gas to a liquid or solid state
  6. melting
    the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
  7. freezing
    the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
  8. molecule
    the simplest structural unit of an element or compound
  9. atom
    the smallest component of an element
  10. gram
    a unit of mass approximately equal to 0.035 ounces
  11. volume
    the property of something that is great in magnitude
  12. mass
    the property of a body that causes it to have weight
  13. density
    the amount per unit size
  14. buoyancy
    the tendency to float in water or other liquid
Created on Mon Mar 08 16:36:13 EST 2010 (updated Mon Mar 08 16:43:20 EST 2010)

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