Unit #2 - 8th Grade Matter Vocabulary

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heat seen as a form of energy arising from the random motion of the molecules of bodies, which may be transferred by conduction, convection, or radiation.

a result stating that a body totally or partially immersed in a fluid is subject to an upward force equal in magnitude to the weight of fluid it displaces.

the emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles, especially high-energy particles which cause ionization.

a substance or matter in a state in which it will expand freely to fill the whole of a container, having no fixed shape (unlike a solid) and no fixed volume (unlike a liquid).

the temperature at which a liquid boils and turns to vapor.

a substance that flows freely but is of constant volume, having a consistency like that of water or oil.

firm and stable in shape; not liquid or fluid.

the temperature at which a given solid will melt.