¤Matter: Anything that takes up space and has mass. ¤All particles of matter are ridiculously small ¤Imagine a drop of water on your fingertip-How many water particles do you think make up that water drop????
The Particle Model
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The Particle Model of Matter:
All matter is made up of tiny particles.
These particles are always moving – they have energy. The more energy they have, the faster they move.
There is space between all particles.
There are attractive forces between the particles.
The particles of one substance are the same but differ from another substance.