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Matter
matter definition review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mass | The measurement of the amount of matter in an object. |
| matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space. |
| volume | How much space an object takes up. |
| graduated cylinder | A narrow cylindrical container/tool used to measure the volume of liquids. |
| physical | A change to the size, shape, or state of a material through which the matter remains the same; this type of change can be reversed. Same material as what you started with just may look different. |
| chemical | A permanent change to matter involved;this type of change cannot be reversed. A new material is formed; it is not what you started with because it has new properties. |
| freezing | A change from the liquid state to the solid state. |
| condensing | A change from a gas state to the liquid state. |
| evaporating | A change from the liquid state to the gas state. |
| mixtures | A combination of two or more materials. Ex. salad, a pile of rocks, trail mix. |
| solution | A mixture in which one material, such as a solid, combines with another material, such as a liquid, so that you can't tell one material from the other. |
| balance scale | A tool used to measure mass/weight. |