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science 6 chemistry
Term | Definition |
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Chemistry | The study of the properties of matter and how matter changes |
Matter | Anything that takes up space and has mass |
Mass | The amount of matter in an object |
Weight | How much force an object exerts due to gravity |
Space | the absence of matter |
Mixture | A material made of two or more substances that are not chemically bonded together |
Substance | Anything that contains only one pure type of material |
Elements | A substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances; the building blocks of matter (there are 118 of these). |
Heterogeneous Mixture | A mixture where the substances are unevenly distributed throughout the mixture. A mixture where the substances are unevenly distributed throughout the mixture. A mixture where the substances are unevenly distributed throughout the mixture. |
Meter | The SI unit that measures the distance between two points |
Grams | The SI unit that measures mass |
Liters | The SI unit that measures volume |
Volume | The amount of space an object occupies |
Physical property | Any characteristic of a material that can be observed, measured |
Density | The amount of mass an object has compared to its volume |
SI Units | The system of International Standard metric measurements |
Compound | two or more different atoms chemically combine to form a new substance |
Molecule | two or more atoms combine to form a new substance |
Atom | The basic particle that makes up an element |