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Chemistry Vocab -308
Terms and definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Chemistry | The study of the properties of matter and how matter changes |
| Physical Property | A characteristic of a substance that can be observed without changing the substance into something else |
| Chemical Property | A characteristic that is observed when a substance changes into a different substance |
| Element | An element is a substance that cannot be broken down into any other substances by chemical or physical means |
| Physical Change | Alters the form or appearance of a material but does not convert the material into new substances |
| Chemical Change | A change in matter that forms one or more new substances |
| Compound | A substance made of two or more elements that are chemically bound together in a set ratio |
| Mixture | Two or more substances in the same place that are not chemically combined |
| Atom | The smallest unit of an element |
| Proton | A positively charged particle found in the nucleus (or center) of an atom |
| Atomic Number | The number of protons in an atom |
| Mass Number | The number of protons and neutrons in an atom |
| Molecule | A particle made of two or more atoms |
| Electron | A negatively charged particle which orbits(moves around) the nucleus of an atom |
| Neutron | A particle with no charge which is also found in the nucleus of an atom |