GLOSSARY – CONTENT SPECIFIC VOCABULARY (1)
Whole-class activity:
Read the definition and provide a suitable translation for the terms in the first column.
TERM
DEFINITION
(translation)
Atom
The smallest unit of the matter.
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For the detailed structure, see review slide
Boiling point
Temperature at which a liquid becomes steam (vapour)
or gas
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Element
Matter that is made of only one kind of atom. It is a
pure substance
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Group
Column in the periodic table. It represents the number
of electrons present in the outermost shell
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Ion
Positively- or negatively-charged atom which has lost
or gained electrons, respectively.
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Matter
All that is around us, which possesses a mass.
Everything is made of matter
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