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Matter and Energy
Unit 1 Lesson 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
| mass | amount of matter |
| weight | measure of gravitational force |
| volume | amount of space an object takes up |
| density | measure of the amount of mass |
| physical property | characteristic that can be observed without changing the substance |
| chemical property | substances ability to change into a new substance |
| physical change | change that affects the physical properties of the substance |
| chemical change | substance changes into an entirely new substance |
| law of conservation of mass | mass is not created nor destroyed by chemical or physical changes |
| atom | smallest unit of an element |
| element | made of one or more of the same type of atom |
| compound | different types of atoms chemically combined |
| mixture | variety of elements that are not chemically combined |
| pure substances | substance that has definite chemical and physical properties |
| heterogeneous | mixture that doesn't have a uniform composition |
| homogeneous | substances are evenly spread throughout the mixture |
| solid | definite volume and shape |
| liquid | definite volume but not shape |
| gas | doesn't have a definite volume or shape |
| freezing | liquid becomes a solid |
| melting | solid becomes a liquid |
| evaporation | liquid becomes a gas |
| boiling | rapid change from a liquid to a gas |
| condensation | gas to a liquid |
| sublimation | solid to a gas |
| deposition | gas to a solid |