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Huizenga Ch 1 vocab
Chapter one vocabulary Matter...
Term | Definition |
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matter | anything that has mass and volume |
property | characteristic of a substance |
mass | amount of matter in an object |
inertia | tendency of objects to remain in motion or to stay at rest unless acted upon by an outside force |
weight | measure of the force of attraction between objects due to gravity |
gravity | force of attraction between all objects in the universe |
volume | amount of space an object takes up |
density | measurement of how much mass is contained in a given volume of an object; mass per unit volume |