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vocabulary energy and matter
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
| mass | describes the amount of matter in an object |
| weight | a measure of gravitational force of an object |
| volume | the amount of space that an object takes up or occupies |
| densiy | a measure of the amount 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 substance's 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 charge | happens when one or more substances change into entirely new substances with different properties |
| law of conservation mass | states that ordinary chemical and physical changes, mass is not created or destroyed but is only transformed into different substances. |
| atom | the smallest unit of elements |
| element | one or more of the same kind of atom chemically combined |
| compound | different kinds of atoms chemically combined |
| mixture | contains a variety of elements and compounds that aren't chemically combined with each other |
| pure substances | a sample matter either a single element or a single compound. |
| heterogeneous | a uniform position |
| homogeneous | same sweet taste from sugar-water mixture |
| solid | substance that has a definitive volume and shape |
| liquid | substance has a definitive volume but not definite shape |
| gas | does not have a definite volume or shape |
| freezing | when liquid turns into a solid |
| melting | the temperature at which the substance change |
| evaporation | some particles gain enough energy that they escape the surface of the earth |
| boiling | a rapid change from a liquid to a gas |
| condensation | the reverse of evaporation |
| physical change | changing shape and size |
| chemical change | not changing size and shape |