Matter and material

• matter


  Anything that has mass and takes up space
• atom


  smallest unit of matter
• material


  object
• properties of materials


  every material has its own properties
• macroscopic properties


  properties that big enough to be seen with a naked eye
• microscopic properties


  properties that cannot be seen with a naked eye and can only be seen with a microscope
• strength


  how much force a material can withstand
• thermal conductivity


  how well a material can conduct heat
• electrical conductivity


  how well a material can conduct electricity
• brittleness


  how easily a material can be shaped without breaking
• magnetic properties


  how well can a metal attract another metal
• Density


  how closely packed are the particles in a material
• melting point


  The temperature at which a solid becomes a liquid
• boiling point


  The temperature at which a liquid changes to a gas
• Mixture


  a combination of two substances where these substances are not bonded together
• substances that make up a mixture

  they are not fixed in ratio, keep their chemical properties and can be separated using filtration, distillation, evaporation and hand sorting.
• homogeneous mixture

  is uniform and the different substances cannot be seen
• heterogeneous mixture

  different components of the mixture can be seen
• solute


  substance that can completely dissolve in another substances
• solvent


  a substance that can dissolve in another substance forming a new solution