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Huizenga Ch 1 vocab
Chapter one vocabulary Matter...
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |