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matterchap1
prentice hall chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anything that has mass and takes up space | matter |
| ability to do work or cause change | energy |
| study of properties of matter and how matter changes | Chemistry |
| single kind of matter that has distinct physical and chemical properties | substance |
| characteristic of a substance that can be observed without changing the substance into something new | physical property |
| characteristic that is observed when a substance interacts with another substance | chemical property |
| substance that cannot be broken down into any other substance by physical or chemical means | element |
| substance made up of two or more elements chemically combined in a set ratio | compound |
| made from two or more substances not chemically combined | mixture |
| change that alters the appearance of a material but does not change the substance into a new material | physical change |
| change in matter that produces a new substance with different properties | chemical change |
| measure of the force of gravity on an object | weight |
| amount of matter an object contains | mass |
| amount of space that matter occupies | volume |
| specific property of matter that is related to its mass divided by the volume | density |
| the building blocks of matter -- made up of protons, electrons and neutrons | atoms |
| force that holds two atoms together | chemical bond |
| two or more different types of atoms bonded together | molecule |
| The last step in the process of obtaining copper from its ores | electrolysis |
| two metal strips that are placed in a copper compound solution | electrodes |