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Unit 1 Matter
Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
| volume | the amount of space that a substance or object occupies, or that is enclosed within a container, especially when great |
| mass | a coherent, typically large body of matter with no definite shape |
| density | the degree of compactness of a substance |
| weight | a heavy object, especially one being lifted or carried. |
| physical property | any property that is measurable, whose value describes a state of a physical system. |
| chemical property | a property or characteristic of a substance that is observed during a reaction in which the chemical composition or identity of the substance is changed |
| physical channge | changes affecting the form of a chemical substance, but not its chemical composition. |
| chemical change | any change that results in the formation of new chemical substances |
| law of conservation of mass | mass in an isolated system is neither created nor destroyed by chemical reactions or physical transformations. |