earth chemestry
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- atom
- The smallest partical of an element that has the charictaristics of that element.
- matter
- anything that has mass and takes up space
- property
- A charicteristic that describes matter.
- element
- A substance that cannot be changed or seprated into their kinds of substances.
- compound
- A substance formed when the atoms of two or more elements join together chemically.
- mixture
- Two or more elements or compounds mixed together, but not joined chemically.
- physical property
- A charictaristic that can be observed without changing one kind of matter into another kind of matter.
- nucleus
- The center of an atom, which is made up of protons and neutrons
- states of matter
- Basic forms in which matter exist, including solid, liquid, and gas
- chemical property
- A charictaristic that describes how one kind of matter changes into another kind of matter