5th - Science Unit 1 Lesson 1 Vocab - Revised Flashcards
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What is a material that cannot be broken down into any simpler substance through chemical reactions?
Element
What is anything that has mass and takes up space?
Matter
What is the smallest unit of an element that has the properties of that element?
Atom
What is the center of an atom, containing most of its mass?
Nucleus
What is a particle in the nucleus of an atom that carries one unit of positive electric charge?
Proton
What is a particle in the nucleus of an atom that has no electric charge?
Neutron
What is a particle in the space outside the nucleus of an atom that carries one unit of negative electric charge?
Electron
What is a particle that contains more than one atom joined together?
Molecule
What is a measure of the amount of matter in an object?
Mass
What is something that can be observed about an object or a group of object?
Property