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Matter & Energy Ch 2
Vocabulary from Ch. 2: Properties of Matter
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| physical properties | the characteristics of a substance that can be observed without changing the identity of the substance. |
| density | a measure of the amount of matter present in a given volume of a substance. |
| physical change | a change in any physical property of a substance, not in the substance itself. |
| chemical properties | describe how substances can form new substances. |
| chemical change | the change of one substance into another substance. |
| melting point | the lowest temperature at which a substance begins to melt. |
| freezing point | the temperature at which a specific liquid becomes a solid. |
| evaporation | a process by which a liquid becomes a gas. |
| sublimation | when a solid changes directly to a gas. |
| freezing | the process by which a liquid becomes a solid. |
| boiling | another process by which a liquid becomes a gas; produced bubbles. |
| boiling point | the temperature at which a liquid changes to a gas through boiling. |
| condensation | the process by which a gas changes its state to become a liquid. |