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20 Cards in this Set
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Materials
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Anything made of matter
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Natural Materials
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Materials that occur naturally on earth
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Synthetic Materials
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Human-made materials
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Composite Materials
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Combination of natural & synthetic materials
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Organic Materials
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Materials that come from living organisms
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Inorganic Materials
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Materials that do not come from living organisms
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Exhaustible Materials
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Materials that cannot be replaced by human action or nature
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Exhaustible
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Capable of being entirely used up
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Gases
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Materials that easily desperse and expand to fill any space
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Genetic Materials
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Organic materials that have life cycles and can be regenerated.
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Inexhaustible
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Unable to be entirely used up or consumed
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Liquid
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Visible, fluid materials that will not normally hold their size and shape
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Organic Materials
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Materials that come from living organisms
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Renewable
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Capable of being used up, but replaceable with the normal life cycle of the energy
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Solids
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Materials that hold their size and shape and can support loads
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Polymeric Materials
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Chemical mixture of compunds
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Thermoplastic
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Polymer that becomes moldable at a higher specific temperature, and returns to a solid state
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Thermosetting
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Polymer material that irreversibly cures
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Ceramic
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Inorganic, nonmetallic solid prepared by the action of heat and subsequent cooling
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Composties
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Material that is made up of several different substances
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