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Ch- 8 VOCAB
describes the terms needed to know for the chapter 8 phys science test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| property | traits that make it distinguishable from other kinds of matter |
| physical property | anything we can observe without changing the identity of the substance |
| electrical conductivity | the ability to carry electrical current |
| thermal conductivity | the ability to transfer heat |
| magnetism | the ability to attract or repulse othe rmatter |
| chemical property | describes the way a substance may change, react to form other substances. |
| flammability | the ability to burn |
| toxicity | how posionous something is |
| reactivitiy | the response of one substance to another |
| rusting | iron reacting with oxygen |
| physical change | form of matter is changed but the substance is not |
| chemical change | one substance is changed to become another |
| mixture | two or more substance combine physically |
| dissolved | when a solid is mixed into a liquid and disappears |
| solution | mixture of one kind matter and is dissolved into another |
| homogenous | one that is same throughout and |
| heterogenous | is not the same throughout |
| compound | when atoms of two or more elements combine chemically |
| molecule | two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds |
| reactants | materials that are going to react in a chemical reaction |
| product | a result from a chemical reaction |
| law of conservation of mass | states that in a chemical reaction, there is no loss of mass nor gain |
| rate of reaction | how quickly a chemical reaction happens |
| pH | potential of hydrogen and describes th acidity or basicity of a solution |