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Physical Science 1
Chapter 1 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| mass | the amount of material (stuff) in an object |
| Physical Science | the study of matter and energy |
| matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
| Chemistry | the study of matter and how it changes |
| Physics | the study of energy and how it acts with matter |
| unit | an amount used for measuring |
| customary | ordinary (inches, pounds, feet) |
| metric system | measurement used by scientists and the rest of the world |
| meter | metric unit for length, width or height |
| area | the amount of surface an object has (length x width) |
| volume | the amount of space an object takes up |
| liter | metric unit for measuring liquids |
| gram | metric unit for mass |