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List 8 Vocabulary
Insulators
Conductors
Heat Energy
Slow the transfer of
heat, plastics, wood,
cork, cloth
Materials that easily
transfer heat, metals
The energy of moving
particles
(temperature is the
measure of the average
speed they are moving)
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Transfer of heat through
touch/direct contact
Transfer of heat through a liquid or
a gas by rising and falling particles
Transfer of heat through empty
space, heat transfer from a
distance
Physical Change
When a change in state happens,
(melting, freezing, etc.)
Mixing, but the item is still the
same substance, reversible
Examples include: Cutting
string, crumpling paper,
melting ice, evaporating water
Chemical Change
A change results in….
Heat, light, smoke, fizzing, color
change, or smell
Is not reversible
Examples include: Rusting,
burning something, cooking,
spoiled food
Mixture
When two or more substances
combine that do not form a
new substance
(this is a physical change,
because the original
substances keep their
properties)
3 Main States of
Matter
Solid-tightly packed molecules with a
defined volume and shape
Liquid- Molecules that spread out a bit
more and flow to take the shape of its
container, but has a defined volume
Gas- freely moving molecules with no
defined volume or shape