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Matter Unit Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space |
| Mass | Measure of the amount of matter something contains |
| Density | The amount of matter in a given space; how heavy or light something is for its size |
| Property | Something that describes matter |
| Physical Change | Characteristics that can be seen or measured without changing the material |
| Chemical Change | Change in matter that results in one or more different kinds of matter forming |
| Mixture | Matter made up of two or more different substances |
| Solution | A mixture in which properties of different substances are mixed evenly throughout |
| Melting | Change of state from a solid to a liquid |
| Evaporation | Change of state from a liquid to a gas |
| Condensation | Change of state from a gas to a liquid |
| Freezing | Change of state from a liquid to a solid |