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General Chemistry

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Matter   Anything that has mass and takes up space.  
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Volume   the measure of the size of a body or region in three-dimensional space  
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Meniscus   the curve at a liquid's surface by which one measures the volume of the liquid  
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Mass   a measure of the amount of matter in an object  
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Weight   the measure of the gravitational force exerted on an object  
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Inertia   the tendency of an object to resist being moved  
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Physical property   characteristic of a substance that does not involve a chemical change, such as density, color, hardness  
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Chemical property   a property of matter that describes a substance's ability to participate in chemical reactions  
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Chemical change   occurs when one or more substances change into entirely new substances with different properties  
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Physical change   a change of matter from one form to another without changing its chemical properties  
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States of Matter   the physical forms of matter, which include solid, liquid, and gas  
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Solid   the state of matter that has a definite shape and definite volume  
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Liquid   the state of matter that has a definite volume, but no definite shape; takes on the shape of its container  
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Gas   the state of matter that has no definite shape and no definite volume  
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Change of State   the change of a substance from one physical state to another  
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Surface tension   the force that acts on the particles at the surface of a liquid  
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Viscosity   the resistance of a liquid (or gas) to flow  
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Melting   the change of state where a solid becomes a liquid by adding heat  
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Evaporation   the change of state where a liquid becomes a gas  
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Condensation   the change of state from a gas to a liquid  
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Sublimation   the change of state from a solid directly to a gas  
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Element   a substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means  
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Metal   an element that is shiny and is a good conductor of heat and electricity  
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Nonmetal   an element that is a poor conductor of heat and electricity  
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Metalloid   an element that has properties of both metals and nonmetals  
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Compound   a substance made up of atoms of two or more different elements chemically combined  
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Mixture   a combination of two or more substances that are not chemically  
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Solution   a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances uniformly dispersed throughout a single phase  
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Solute   in a solution, the substance that dissolves in the solvent  
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Solvent   in a solution, the substance in which the solute dissolves  
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Periodic   describes something that occurs or repeats at regular intervals  
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Period   a horizontal (across) row of elements in the periodic table  
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Group   a vertical (up and down) column in the periodic table  
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Atom   smallest unit of matter  
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Electron   negatively charged particle surrounding the nucleus of an atom  
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Proton   positively particle in the nucleus of an atom  
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Neutron   neutrally charged particle in the nucleus of an atom  
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