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PhysicalScience2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Matter | Anything that has volume and mass |
| Volume | Amount of space and that something occupies or contains |
| Meniscus | The curve at a liquids surface by which you measure the volume of the liquid |
| Mass | The amount of matter that something is made of |
| Gravity | A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses |
| Weight | A measure of the gravitational force exerted on an object, usually by the Earth |
| Newton | The SI unit of force |
| Physical property | Property of matter that can be observed or measured without changing the identity of the matter |
| Density | The amount of matter in a given space; mass per unit volume |
| Chemical property | A property matter that describes a substance based on its ability to change into a new substance with different properties |
| Physical change | Change that affects one or more physical properties of a substance; many physical changes are easy to undo |
| Chemical change | Change that occurs when one or more substances are changed into entirely new substances with different properties; cannot be reversed using physical means |