Vocabulary Terms for Matter and Its Properties Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 2. the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape.
  2. 3. Physical substance in general, as distinct from mind and spirit; (in physics) that which occupies space and possesses rest mass, esp. as distinct from energy.
  3. 5. The basic unit of a chemical element.
  4. 6. A fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors.
  5. 8. 1.A process that involves rearrangement of the molecular or ionic structure of a substance, as opposed to a change in physical form or a nuclear reaction.
  6. 11. A coherent, typically large body of matter with no definite shape.
  7. 12. A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction.
  8. 13. Any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions.
  9. 14. A property used to characterize materials in reactions that change their identity.
  10. 16. A fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely.
  11. 19. A property that does not depend on the size of the sample. Melting points, boiling points, color, conductivity, and density are examples.
  12. 20. All of the same or similar kind or nature.
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  1. 1. A change in matter in which no new type of matter is produced; for example, freezing, melting, and boiling
  2. 4. Chemical species that is formed when two or more atoms join together chemically, with covalent or ionic bonds.
  3. 7. To change into either a solid, liquid or a gas.
  4. 9. A property which increases in proportion with the amount of material considered.
  5. 10. Bonds are broken and new bonds are formed between different atoms.
  6. 15. A substance that takes part in and undergoes change during a reaction.
  7. 17. A substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)
  8. 18. The state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility.