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matter and energy
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
| mass | describes the amount of matter in an object |
| wieght | a 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 | a characteristic of a substance that can be 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 an entirely new substance with different properties |
| the law of conservation of mass | states that in ordinary chemical and physical change mass is not created or destroyed but is only transferred into different subtaces |
| atom | the smallest unit of an element that maintanes the properties of the element |
| element | made up of one or more of the same kind of atom chemically combinded |
| compound | made up of different kinds of atoms of atoms of atoms chemically combinded |
| mixture | contains a variety of elements and compounds that are not chemically combined with eacother |
| pure substance | a substance that has definite physical and chemical properties |
| heterogeneous | mixture is one that does not have a uniform composition |
| homogeneous | substances that are evenly spread throughout |
| solid | has definite volume and shape |
| liquid | has definte volume but not a definite shape |
| gas | has nor definite volume nor shape |
| freezing | the change in state in which a liquid becomes a solid |
| melting | change from solid to liquid |
| evaporation | liquid to gas |
| boiling | rapid change from liquid to gas or vapor |
| condensation | gas to liquid |
| sublimation | the change from a solid state directly into a gas |
| deposition | gas directly to a solid |