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Matter & Energy
Unit 1 : Lesson 1-6
Term | Definition |
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Matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space |
Volume | The amount of space that an object takes up, or occupies |
Mass | Describes the amount of matter in an object |
Density | Measure of the amount of mass in a given volume |
Weight | A measure of the gravitational force |
Physical Property | Characteristic of a substance that can be observed and measured without changing the identity of the substance |
Chemical Property | Describes a substance's ability to change into a new substance with different properties |
Physical Change | Change that affects one or more physical properties of a substance |
Chemical Change | Occurs when one or more substances change into entirely new substances with different properties. |
Law of Conservation of Mass | States that ordinary chemical and physical changes mass is not created or destroyed but is only transformed into a different substance |
Atom | The smallest unit of element that maintains the properties of that element |
Element | Made up of one or more of the same kind of atom chemically combined |
Compound | Made up of different kinds of atoms chemically combined |
Mixture | Contains a variety of elements and compounds that are not chemically combined with each other |
Pure Substance | Elements and compounds |
Heterogeneous | Mixture is one that does not have a uniform composition |
Homogeneous | When you add sugar to a cup of water it dissolves |
Solid | Substance has a definite volume and shape |
Liquid | Substance has a definite volume but not a definite shape |
Gas | Particles are close together and can slide past each other |
Freezing | Change in state when a liquid becomes a solid |
Melting | Change in state from a solid to a liquid |
Evaporation | When particles gain enough energy that they become a gas |
Boiling | A rapid change from a liquid to a gas |
Condensation | Change in state from a gas to a liquid |
Deposition | Change from gas to a solid |
Sublimation | Change from a solid to a gas |