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Unit 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| matter | anything that has math and takes up space |
| mass | describes the amount of matter in an object |
| weight | a measure of gravitational force |
| volume | the amount of space an object takes up |
| density | a measure of the amount of mass |
| physical property | a characteristic of an object that can be observed without changing it |
| chemical property | describes a substance's ability to change into a new substance with new properties |
| physical change | a change that affects one or more physical properties of a substance |
| chemical change | occurs when one or more substances with different properties |
| law of conservation of mass | in ordinary chemical and physical changes, mass is not created or destroyed |
| atom | the smallest unit of an element |
| element | made up of one or more of the same kind of atom chemically combines |
| compound | made up of different kinds of atoms |
| mixture | contains a different variety of atoms |
| pure substance | a substance that has a definite physical and chemical property |
| hetereneous | mixture is one that does not have a uniform compisition |
| homogeneous | a mixture that dissolves |
| solid | substance has definite volume and shape |
| liquid | a substance that has a definite volume but not shape |
| gas | does not have a definite volume or shape |
| freezing | the changing state when a liquid becomes a solid |
| melting | when the substance changes from a solid to a liquid |
| evaporation | when a liquid becomes a gas |
| boiling | a rapid change of liquid to gas |
| condensation | the state from a gas to a liquid |
| sublimation | change from a solid directly to a gas |
| deposition | direct change from a gas to a solid |