Earth Science Ch. 2 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. fluid state of matter made of extremely high temperature ionized particles; have changeable shape and volume
  2. 7. change of state from a liquid to a gas below the boiling point but above the freezing point
  3. 8. pure substance formed by chemically combining two or more elements
  4. 10. material made of only one kind of element or compound
  5. 11. charged atom or group of atoms caused by a charge imbalance, which is produced by an unequal number of protons and electrons
  6. 12. change in state from a gas directly to a solid caused by removing energy
  7. 15. force of gravitational attraction between an object's mass and its resident planet
  8. 16. a rigid state of matter in which the particles align in a fixed arrangement; has an unchanging shape and volume
  9. 18. they physical form of matter described by its physical characteristics and can be solid, liquid, gas, or plasma
  10. 21. change of one element into another element by changes occurring in the nucleus of the atom
  11. 23. anything that has mass and takes up space
  12. 25. measurement of the amount of matter in an object
  13. 27. attractive force between any two objects based on their masses
  14. 29. a physical combination of two or more substances
  15. 31. push or a pull on an object
  16. 32. change in state from a gas to a liquid caused by removing energy
  17. 33. done when a force acts on a moving object in the same or opposite direction of its motion or when energy is transferred from one object to another
Down
  1. 1. change in state from a liquid to a gas caused by adding energy
  2. 3. change from one pure substance to another by the rearrangement of atoms in a chemical reaction
  3. 4. states that matter and energy cannot be created or destroyed, but can only transfer between objects or transform to a different form
  4. 5. amount of space that an object occupies
  5. 6. change in state from a solid directly to a gas caused by adding energy
  6. 9. two or more chemically bonded atoms
  7. 13. pure substance made of only one kind of atom
  8. 14. change in matter that doesn't alter its chemical identity
  9. 17. change in state from a liquid to a solid caused by removing energy
  10. 19. change of state from a solid to a liquid at the melting point that is caused by adding energy
  11. 20. ability to do work
  12. 22. fluid state of matter in which the particles are free to move but are held close to each other; has unchanging volume but changeable shape
  13. 24. fluid state of matter in which the particles move so fast and are so far apart as to have little interaction with each other; changeable shape and volume
  14. 26. the hotness or coldness of a substance, stated in degrees
  15. 28. change of state from a liquid to a gas at the boiling point
  16. 30. smallest neutral particle of an element that retains the characteristics of that element