STAAR Grade 5 Science: Matter and Energy

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  1. condensation
    process of changing from a gas to a liquid or solid state
  2. conduct
    transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
  3. density
    the amount per unit size
  4. dissolve
    pass into a solution
  5. gas
    state of matter distinguished from solid and liquid states
  6. insulator
    a material with little electrical or thermal conductivity
  7. liquid
    fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
  8. mass
    the property of a body that causes it to have weight
  9. metal
    a chemical element or alloy that is usually a shiny solid
  10. mixture
    a substance consisting of substances blended together
  11. property
    a basic or essential attribute shared by members of a class
  12. solid
    matter with definite shape at room temperature and pressure
  13. soluble
    capable of being dissolved in some solvent
  14. solution
    a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances
  15. state
    one of the three traditional conditions of matter
  16. substance
    material of a particular kind or constitution
  17. temperature
    the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment
  18. thermal
    relating to or associated with heat
  19. vapor
    a visible suspension in the air of particles of a substance
  20. volume
    the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
Created on Mon Jun 21 14:56:13 EDT 2021 (updated Mon Jun 21 16:09:45 EDT 2021)

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