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Chapter 1 - 2014-15
Section 1, 2, and 3
Term | Definition |
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physical change | any change that alters the form, appearance, or state of matter but does NOT produce a new substance |
chemical change | a change in matter that produces one or more new substances |
law of conservation of mass | states that matter can not be created or destroyed in any physical or chemical change |
energy | ability to do work or cause change |
temperature | measure of the average energy or random motion in particles of matter |
thermal energy | total energy of all particles in an object |
endothermic change | energy is taken in or absorbed from surrounding environment |
exothermic change | energy is taken out or released into surrounding environment |
weight | a measure of the force of gravity on an object |
mass | a measure of matter in an object measured in grams (g) |
volume | amount of space that matter occupies measured in liters (L), milliliters (mL), or cubic centimeters (cm3) |
density | relates mass of an object in a given volume measured in grams per cubic centimeter (g/cm3) |
matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
chemistry | study of properties of matter and how matter changes |
substance | a single type of matter that is pure |
physical property | a characteristic of a pure substance that can be observed without changing it into another substance |
chemical property | a characteristic of a pure substance that describes its ability to change into new substances |
element | pure substance that can not be broken down into any other substances |
atom | basic particle from which all elements are made |
chemical bond | a force of attraction between two atoms |
molecule | a group of two or more atoms held together by a chemical bond |
compound | a pure substance made from two or more elements chemically combined in a set ratio |
chemical formula | shows elements in a compound and the ratio of atoms |
mixture | made of two or more substances that are together in the same place but not chemically combined |
heterogeneous mixture | a mixture in which you can see the separate parts |
homogeneous mixture | a mixture so evenly mixed that you can not see the different parts |