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Unit 1 matter
Term | Definition |
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Matter | It is a measure of the amount of matter |
Physical property | is a characteristic that can be observed or measured without changing the identity of the substance. |
Chemical property | relates to substance's ability to undergo changes that transform it into different substances |
extensive property | depends on the amount of matter that is present |
intensive property | Do not depends on the amount of matter present |
Ductility | The ability of a substance to be hammered thin or drawn out into a wire. |
malleability | The ability of a substance to be hammered or beaten into sheet |
volume | It is that mount of space occupied by an object |
compressibility | The measure of how much a given volume of matter decrease when placed under pressure |
density | It is the ratio of mass to volume or mass divided by volume |
evaporation | The change of a substance from liquid to gas |
sublimation | the process in which solid changes directly into gas( the term is sometimes used also used for the reserve process |
vaporization | The process by which liquid or solid changes into gas |
element | is a pure substance that cannot be broken down into simpler, stable substances and is made of one type of atom. |
compound | is a substance that can be broken down into simple stable substances. each compound is made from atom of two or more element that are chemically bounded. |
heterogeneous mixtures | Mixture that are not uniform in throughout |
homogeneous mixture | Mixture that are uniform in composition |
atom | is the smallest unit of an element that maintains the chemical identity of that element. |
mixture | is a blend of two or more kinds of matter, each of which reactions its own identity and properties |
Pure substances | it has a fixed composition |