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Physical Science Facts (Grades 6-8)

States of matter, simple machines, and basic chemistry and physics facts for a middle school physical science course.

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40 basic cards for Grades 6-8 Science. It opens with "What is a solid?" and "What is a liquid?". Study it alongside the other Grades 6-8 sets below.

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What is a solid?
Show answerMatter with a definite shape and volume that does not change
What is a liquid?
Show answerMatter with a definite volume but no definite shape; it takes the shape of its container
What is a gas?
Show answerMatter with no definite shape or volume; it spreads to fill its container
What is plasma?
Show answerA fourth state of matter consisting of ionized gas with free electrons and ions
What is melting?
Show answerThe process in which a solid changes into a liquid
What is freezing?
Show answerThe process in which a liquid changes into a solid
What is boiling?
Show answerThe process in which a liquid changes into a gas
What is condensation?
Show answerThe process in which a gas changes into a liquid
What is sublimation?
Show answerThe process in which a solid changes directly into a gas without becoming a liquid
At what temperature does water freeze?
Show answer0 degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit)
What is a lever?
Show answerA simple machine made of a bar that pivots on a fixed point called a fulcrum
What is a fulcrum?
Show answerThe pivot point on which a lever rotates
What is a pulley?
Show answerA simple machine with a grooved wheel and a rope used to lift objects or change the direction of force
What is an inclined plane?
Show answerA simple machine that is a slanted surface used to raise or lower objects
What is a wedge?
Show answerA simple machine shaped like a triangle used to cut, split, or separate objects

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