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What is states of matter?
All matter that exists naturally on Earth.
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What is Dalton's atomic theory?
Based on the premise that the atoms of different elements could be distinguished by differences in their weights.
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What is Boyle's Law?
States that the volume of a fixed amount of gas held at a constant temperature varies inversely with the pressure.
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What is a solid?
A form of matter that has its own definite shape and volume.
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What is an atom?
The smallest particle of an element that retains the properties of the element.
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What is Charles Law?
States that the volume of a given amount of gas is directly proportional to its Kelvin temperature at constant pressure.
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What are liquids?
A form of matter that flows, has constant volume and takes the shape of its container.
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What is a cathode ray?
A green flash of light produced by some form of radiation.
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What is Gay-Lussac's Law?
States that the pressure of a fixed amount of gas varies directly with the Kelvin temperature when the volume remains constant.
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What is gas?
A form of matter that not only flows to conform to the shape of its container, but also fills the entire volume of its container.
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What is the charge to mass ratio?
By carefully measuring the effects of both magnetic and electric fields on a cathode ray.
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What is the Combined Gas Law?
States the relationships between pressure, temperature, and volume of a fixed amount of gas.
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What is a physical property?
A characteristic of matter that can be observed or measured without changing the samples condition.
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What is a nucleus?
A tiny, dense region in the center of an atom.
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What is the ideal gas law?
It describes the physical behavior of an ideal gas in terms of the pressure, volume, temperature, and number of moles of gas present.
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