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Matter and Energy
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
| mass | describes the amount of matter in an object |
| weight | measure of the gravitational force on an object |
| volume | the amount of space that an object takes up |
| density | a 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 | 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 change | 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 od 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 | variety of elements and compounds that are not chemically combined with each other |
| pure substance | elements and compounds |
| heterogeneous | one that does not have a uniform composition |
| homogeneous | part of the sugar-water mixture with the same taste |
| solid | substance has a definite volume and shape |
| liquid | substance has a definite volume but not a definite shape |
| gas | does not have a definite volume or shape |
| freezing | change in state in which a liquid becomes a solid |
| melting | change of state from a solid to a liquid |
| evaporation | particles gain enough energy that they escape from the surface of the liquid and become gas |
| boiling | a rapid change from a liquid to a gas, or vapor |
| condensation | change of state from a gas to a liquid |
| sublimation | change from a solid state directly into a gas |
| deposition | the change in state from a gas directly to a solid |