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Investigator's Log

What is matter?

 

 

 

What are the three main phases or states of matter?

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What are the properties or characteristics of each phase or state of matter?

• solid

 

• liquid

 

• gas

 

How does matter change at different temperatures?

• water

 

• copper

 

• nitrogen

 

What is the structure of the atom? Name the three main parts?

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Atoms make elements. How are these elements organized?

 

 

 

What happens when elements combine with each other?