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Matter
Vocabulary for Matter Unit
| matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
| substance | a single kind of matter that is pure and has a specific set of properties. |
| physical property | a characteristic of a pure substance that can be observed without changing it into another substance. |
| chemical property | a characteristic of a substance that describes its ability to change into different substances |
| atom | the basic particle from which all elements are made: the smallest particle of an element that has the properties of that element. |
| element | a pure substance that can not be broken down into other substances by chemical or physical means |
| molecule | a neutral group of two or more atoms held together by covalent bonds. |
| compound | a substance made of two or more elements chemically combined in a specific ratio or proportion |
| mixture | two or more substances that are together in the same place but their atoms are not chemically bonded |
| mass | a measure of how much matter is in an object |
| volume | the amount of space that matter occupies. |
| weight | a measure of the force of gravity acting on an object |
| density | the measurement of how much mass of a substance is contained in a given volume |
| physical change | a change that alters the form or appearance of a material but does not make the material into another substance |
| chemical change | a change in which one or more substances combine or break apart to form new substances. |