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Unit1 lessons 1-6
Matter and Energy
| 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 |
| volume | an amount of space an object takes up |
| density | measure of the amount of mass in a given volume |
| physical property | characteristic of a substance that can be observed and measured without changing the identity of the substance |
| chemical property | substances ability to change into a new substance with different properties |
| physical change | 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 in ordinary chemical and physical changes, mass is not created or destroyed but is only transformed into different substances |
| atom | 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 |
| heterogeneous | mixture is one that does not have a uniform composition |
| homogeneous | mixture that the substances are evenly spread throughout |
| solid | substance that has a definite volume and shape |
| liquid | substance has a definite volume but not a definite shape |
| gas | doesn't have a definite volume or shape |
| freezing | a liquid becoming a solid |
| melting | solid becoming liquid |
| evaporation | a particles that are surface of a liquid and gain enough energy to become liquid to a gas |
| boiling | rapid change from liquid to gas |
| condensation | gas becoming a liquid |
| sublimation | from solid state directly into gas |
| deposition | gas becoming directly a solid |