Matter and Measurement Vocabulary

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Matter and MeasurementVocabulary
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matter

• anything that takes up space and has mass

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solid

• one of the 3 states of matter
• definite shape
• definite volume

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gas

• one of the 3 states of matter
• no definite shape
• no definite volume

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liquid

• one of the 3 states of matter
• no definite shape
• definite volume

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property

• a characteristic that can be measured
  or observed

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length

• the distance between
  two points

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mass

• the amount of matter in an object

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volume

• the amount of space an object takes up

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units

• the exact quantity used to measure a certain
  property
• for example
  grams measure mass

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meter

• the metric unit of measure for length

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grams

• the metric unit of measure for mass

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liter

• the metric unit of measure for volume