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Term | Definition |
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matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
physical property | characteristics that can be observed or measured without changing the identity of the substance |
chemical property | relates to a substance's ability to undergo changes that transform it into different substances |
extensive property | depend on the amount of matter that is present |
intensive property | do not depend 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 a sheet |
volume | a measure of the size of a body or region in three dimensional space |
compessibility | the meausre of how much a given volume of matter deceases when placed under pressure |
density | the ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume of the substance; often expressed as grams per cubic centimeter for solids and liquids and as grams per litter for gasses |
evaporation | the change of a substance from a liquid to a gas |
sublimation | the process in which a solid changes direcly into a gas |
vaporization | the proscess in which a liquid or solid changes into a gas |
element | a substance that cannot be separated or broken down into simpler substances by chemical means; all atoms of an element have the same atomic number |
compound | a substance made up of atoms of two or more different elements joined by chemical bonds |
heterogeneous mixture | composed of dissimilar components |
homogeneous mixture | describes something that has a uniform structure or composition throughout |
atom | the smallest unit of an element that maintains the chemical properties of that element |