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Unit 1, Lessons 1-6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space. |
| Mass | Describes the amount of matter in an object. |
| Weight | A measure of the gravitational force on an object. |
| Volume | The amount of space that an object takes up. |
| Density | A measure of the of mass in a given volume. |
| Physical Property | A characteristic of a substance that can be observed and measured without changing the identity of the substance. |
| Chemical Property | Describes a substances ability to change into a new substance with different properties. |
| Physical Change | A change that affects one or more physical properties of a substance. |
| Chemical Change | Occurs when one or more substances change into entirely new substances with different properties. |
| Law of conservation of mass | States that an ordinary chemical and physical changes. |
| Atom | The smallest unit of an element that maintains the properties of that element. |
| Element | Made up of one or more of the same kind of atom chemically combined. |
| Compound | Made up of different kinds of atoms chemically combined. |
| Mixture | Contains a variety of elements and compounds that are not chemically combined with each other. |
| Pure Substance | Elements and Compounds. |
| Hetrogeneous | A heterogeneous mixture is one that does not have a uniform composition. |
| Homogeneous | Describes something that has a uniform structure or composition throughout. |
| Solid | A substance has a definite volume and shape. |
| Liquid | A substance has a definite volume but not a definite shape. |
| Gas | Does not have a definite volume or shape. |
| Feezing | The change in state in which a liquid becomes a solid. |
| Melting | The change of state from a solid to a liquid. |
| Evaporation | When some particles gain enough energy that they escape from the surface of the liquid and become a gas. |
| Boiling | A rapid change from a liquid to a gas, or vapor. |
| Condension | The change of state form a gas to a liquid. |
| Sublimation | The change from a solid state directly into a gas. |
| Depositioin | The change in state from a gas directly to a solid. |