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mesuments and data
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mass | measures how much matter is in a substance |
| gram ,g | the metric base unit of mass |
| volume | a measure of space that a mater occupies |
| cubic cm3 | a metric unit of volume equal to a milliliter |
| milliliter,ml | a metric unit of volume |
| displacement | a producer used to measure volume of a solid object by placing it in a known amount of liqued |
| matter | any thing that has mass or takes up space |
| substance | any form of matter that is uniform through out and has consistent properties |
| physical properties | characteristics that can be observed or measured without changing the substance . ex: color ,melting point , conductivity |
| density | a mass of substance divided by its volume |
| relative density | the comparison of density in one material as it relativity; frequently the comparison is to the density of water ( as in sinking or floating). |
| density formula | d=m/v density=mass/volume |
| classify \ classification | sort or put into groups depending on a certain characteristics |