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Phys/Chem
Changes in Matter
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Chemical change | a change in matter that produces a new substance |
| Physical change | change which alters the physical properties of a substance without changing its identity |
| Chemical properties | any of a material's properties that becomes evident during, or after, a chemical reaction |
| Heterogeneous mixtures | a mixture in which the composition is not uniform throughout the mixture. |
| Homogeneous mixtures | a gaseous, liquid or solid mixture that has the same proportions of its components throughout a given sample. |
| Kinetic energy | the energy of motion. As temperature increases, kinetic energy increases. |
| Mixture | a substance made by mixing other substances together. |
| Photosynthesis | the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water. |
| Physical properties | include color, hardness, malleability, solubility, electrical conductivity, density, melting point, and boiling point. |
| Precipitate | cause (a substance) to be deposited in solid form from a solution. |
| Temperature | the degree of hotness or coldness of an object |
| atoms | the smallest unit of an element that has all the chemical properties of that element |
| chemical reaction | a chemical change; a process that changes substances into new substances |
| mass | the amount of matter in an object |
| molecule | two or more atoms joined together |
| reactivity | the tendency of two or more chemicals to react |
| substance | the physical matter of which living or nonliving things are composed |
| Evidence of a chemical change | unexpected Color change, Gas produced, Light produced, unexpected Temperature change, Precipitate |