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| The smallest unit of an element that maintains the properties of that element. |
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| A small localized object to which can be ascribed several physical or chemical properties such as volume or mass. |
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| A substance that cannot be separated or broken down into simpler substances by chemical means. |
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| A subatomic particle that has a negative charge. |
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| A subatomic particle that has a positive charge and that is found in the nucleus of an atom. |
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| A subatomic particle that has no charge and that is found in the nucleus of an atom. |
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| A charged particle that forms when an atom or group of atoms gain or loses one or more electrons. |
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| The smallest unit of a substance that keeps all of the physical and chemical properties of that substance. |
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| A substance made up of atoms of two or more different elements joined by chemical bonds. |
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| A combination of two or more substances that are not chemically combined. |
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| Matter which has a specific composition and specific properties. |
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| When two or more nonmetal atoms bond by sharing valence electrons. |
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| A compound made of oppositely charged ions. |
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| The magnitude or intensity that must be exceeded for a certain reaction, phenomenon, result, or condition to occur or be manifested. |
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| A value that is used the express the acidity or basicity (alkalinity) of a system. |
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| A chemical reaction that requires heat. |
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| A chemical reaction in which heat is released to the surroundings. |
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| In a solution, the substance that dissolves in the solvent. |
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| In a solution, the substance in which the solute dissolves. |
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| A homogenous mixture of two or more substances uniformly dispersed throughout a single phase. |
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