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physical properties
Term | Definition |
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accuracy | the quality of being near the true value |
balance | equipment used to measure mass |
boiling point | temperature at which a liquid turns to gas |
brittle | breaking into small pieces if bent or pressed |
calibrate | to mark off lines on measuring equipment for the desired unit |
centimeter cubed | cm3; a unit of volume derived from length times width times height |
chemical property | a characteristic of a pure substance that describes its ability to change into different substances. |
compress | to squeeze or press together |
dissolve | to break into pieces too small to be seen |
gas | a state of matter having indefinite volume, indefinite shape, with particles bouncing around and not touching each other |
graduated cylinder | equipment use to measure liquid volume |
gram | an SI unit to measure mass; 1g = 0.001kg; there are 1000g in 1 kilogram |
gram per centimeter cubed | g/cm3; a derived unit used to measure density of a solid |