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Topic 1 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space |
substance | a single kind of matter that always has a specific makeup, or composition. |
physical properties | a characteristics that can be observed without changing the matter into another type of matter. |
chemical properties | characteristics that describe something's ability to become something else. |
atom | the basic unit from which all matter is made. |
elements | substances that are made up of only one type of atom |
molecule | a group of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds. |
compound | a substance made of two or more elements that are chemically combined in a set ratio. |
mixture | made up of two or more substances that are held together in the same place, but their atoms are not chemically bonded. |
mass | the amount of matter in an object. |
volume | the amount of space that matter occupies. |
weight | a measure of the force of gravity on an object |
density | a measure of the mass of a material in a given volume. |
physical change | alters the form of appearance of matter but does not turn any substance in the matter into a different substance. |
chemical change | a change in matter that produces one or more substances (chemical reaction) |