matter

A state of not being important or having little effect

A small detail that does not matter

Whatever happens, it makes no difference

Something is true whatever way it happens

A question asking why someone is upset or not feeling well

To say that something is true, often when it is surprising

It is also true of something just mentioned

It will certainly happen, but you do not know when

A phrase that says something will happen despite problems

Whatever the situation, the action or result stays the same

A very serious situation where someone may die

The most important part of a problem or discussion

Done regularly without extra thought

Whatever the result, it does not change what someone does or feels

The most important part of a problem or discussion

A fact stays true whatever way you look at it

The main topic a talk, book, or picture is about

An invisible substance that does not give off or take in light and pulls things by gravity

Calm and direct about facts without strong feeling

The darker part of the brain and spinal cord containing nerve cells or used to mean being smart

An issue a judge decides about how the law applies

Solid waste that leaves the body after it digests food

Something that people expect to happen without special effort

Tissue in the brain and spinal cord that carries messages between different brain areas

Tiny solid or liquid pieces in the air that can harm health

A form that a substance can take, like solid, liquid, or gas

Parts of plants, such as leaves and stems, that can rot

Things people throw away because they are not useful

Pages at the start of a book, like the title page and table of contents

Sections at the end of a book that give extra information like appendices and an index

The idea that matter cannot be created or destroyed in a closed system but only changes form

A question about what really happened that the jury must decide

Written pages after the main text that give extra information, like an index or a list of sources

Text to be printed or published without pictures

Pictures like photos and drawings in a text that explain or decorate it

Happening in a normal, expected way

The written words in a book or article, not the pictures

A rule that matter cannot be made or destroyed in a closed container, so the total amount stays the same

A block of information at the start of a digital file that gives title and date for website tools

Pictures like photographs, drawings, or charts in a book that are not written words

Information shown in a table using rows and columns