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