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Vocabulary
Physical and Chemical Changes Notes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| physical change | a change that affects one or more physical properties of a substance |
| chemical change | occurs when one or more substances change into entirely new substances with different properties |
| chemical properties | describe which chemical changes can or cannot happen to that substance |
| law of conservation of mass | states that in ordinary chemical and physical changes, mass is not created or destroyed |
| law of conservation of energy | states that energy cannot be created or destroyed |
| endothermic | changes that absorb energy |
| exothermic | changes that release energy |