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science vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| matter | anything that takes up space |
| solid | tightly packed molecules |
| liquid | loosely packed molecules |
| gas | very loosely packed molecules |
| mass | amount of matter in an object usally measured as weighing |
| volume | amount of space an object or substance takes up |
| physical change | a change in the size, shape, or phase of matter, without the matter changing chemically |
| chemical change | the processs by which a certain substance becomes a different substance |
| photosynthesis | process of plants producing energy,oxygen, and water by taking in carbon dioxide, water, and the suns energy |
| chemical property | a way to describe how matter reacts with other matter |
| chemical reaction | a chemical change in which one or more substances is changed |