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scince unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mass | the quantity of matter as determined from its weight or from Newton's second law of motion |
| volume | the amount of space, measured in cubic units, that an object or substance occupies |
| temperature | a measure of the warmth or coldness of an object or substance with reference to some standard value |
| density | mass per unit volume |
| matter | the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed; something that occupies space; a particular kind of substance |
| gram | a metric unit of mass or weight equal to 15.432 grains; one thousandth of a kilogram. Abbreviation: g |
| liter | a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l |
| meter | The metric systems unit for length(equivalent to 39.4 in) |
| Relative Density | Relative density, or specific gravity, is the ratio of the density (mass of a unit volume) of a substance to the density of a given reference material. Specific gravity usually means relative density with respect to water. |
| Metric system | It is the form of measurement that most of the world uses, and it makes putting numbers into bigger or smaller forms easier. |
| 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 property | A property or characteristic of a substance that can be changed without changing the identity or molecular structure of the substance. |
| Precipitate | to separate (a substance) in solid form from a solution, as by means of a reagent |
| Combustion | the act or process of burning |
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