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Unit 1 Vocab #2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| thermal energy | The total kinetic energy of a substance's particles. |
| reactant | A substance or molecule that participates in a chemical reaction. |
| product | A substance that forms in a chemical reaction. |
| chemical reaction | The process by which one or more substances change to produce one or more different substances. |
| change of state | The change of a substance from one physical state to another. |
| chemical formula | A combination of chemical symbols and numbers to represent a substance. |
| solid | The state of matter in which the volume and shape of a substance are fixed. |
| liquid | The state of matter that has a definite volume but not a definite shape. |
| gas | A form of matter that does not have a definite volume or shape. |
| pressure | The amount of force exerted per unit area of a surface. |
| chemical equations | A representation of a chemical reaction that uses symbols to show the relationship between the reactants and the products. |