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Science Vocab Tho
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Characteristic property | a quality of a substance that never changes and can be used to identify the substance |
| Boiling point | The temp. at which a substance can be changed from a liquid to a gas |
| Melting point | The temp. at which a substance changes from a solid to a liquid |
| Physical change | A change in a substance that does not change its identity |
| Chemical change | A change in which one or more substances combine or break apart to form a new substance |
| Mixture | two or more substances that are mixed together but not chemically combined |
| Solution | A very well-mixed mixture |
| element | A substance that cannot be broken down into other substances by chemical or physical means. |
| Compound | A substance made of 2 or more elements chemically combined |
| Pure substance | A substance made of only 1 kind of matter and having definite properties |
| Weight | A measure of the force of gravity on an object |
| Mass | A measure of how much matter is in an object |
| Volume | The amount of space that matter occupies |
| Density | The measurement of how much mass of a substance is contained in a given volume |
| International system of units | The system of units used by scientists to measure the property of matter |