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Unit 1: Matter
Mr. Greger's Class Stuff
Term | Definition |
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Matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
Mass | a measure of the amount of matter in an object |
Weight | a measure of the gravitational force exerted on a object |
Volume | the amount of space that an object takes up |
Density | the ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume of an object |
Physical Property | a characteristic of a substance that does not involve a chemical change, such as density, color, or hardness |
Chemical Property | a property of matter that describes a substance's ability to participate in chemical reaction |
Physical Change | a change of matter from one form to another without a change in chemical properties |
Chemical Change | a change that occurs when one or more substances change into entirely new substances with different properties |
Law of Conservation of Mass | the law that states that energy can not be created or destroyed but can be changed from one form to another |