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Chapter 1
Physical Science - Matter
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| liter | a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1,000mL |
| milliliter | a metric unit of volume or capacity smaller than a liter |
| matter | anything that takes up space and has weight |
| property | something about an object - such as color size, shape, or smell - that you can observe with one or more of your senses |
| volume | the amount of space an object takes up |
| mass | the measure of how much matter an object contains |
| physical change | a change in the way matter looks, bu the kind of matter remains the same |
| mixture | two or more kinds of matter tha tare placed together but can be easily separated |
| states of matter | the three forms of matter - solid, liquid, and gas |
| solid | a state in which matter has a definite shape and volume |
| liquid | a state in which matter has a definite volume but no shape of its own |
| gas | a state in which matter has no definite shape or volume |
| water vapor | water in a gas state |
| evaporates | changes from a liquid state to a gas state |
| condenses | changes from a gas state to a liquid state |
| chemical change | a change that causes one kind of matter to become a different kind of matter |