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How Matter Changes
Houghton Mifflin Science chapter 13 review - Grade 4
| Vocabulary word | Definition |
|---|---|
| matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space |
| mixture | matter that is made of two or more substances that are physically combined |
| solution | a mixture in which particles are evenly mixed |
| product | newly formed matter from a chemical reaction |
| reactant | the matter you start with in a chemical reaction |
| heat | the flow of thermal energy from a warm area to a cooler area |
| temperature | the measure of how hot or cold matter is |
| thermal energy | the total energy of the particles in a substance |
| physical change | a change in the way matter looks without changing it into a new kind of matter |
| chemical change | a change in matter that produces a new kind of matter with different properties |
| chemical reaction | a change in matter that produces a new kind of matter with different properties |
| dissolve | substances that mix completely by separating into particles that can't be seen |
| physical property | a characteristic of matter that can be observed without changing matter into something new |
| chemical property | a characteristic of matter that can only be observed by changing matter into something new |
| condensation | forms when gas cools and changes into a liquid |