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8.6A Matter & Energy
The student is expected to explain by modeling how matter is classified as eleme
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| chemical change | a type of change in which a new substance is made from one or more previous substances; occurs during a chemical reaction; a change where the atoms of the original substances are rearranged to make new elements and/or compounds |
| Closed System | a physical system that does not allow transfer of matter in or out, although energy can flow into and out of the system |
| Compound | a pure substance that is made up of two or more different elements in a specific ratio |
| Element | a pure substance that is made up of one type of atom |
| Heterogeneous Mixture | a material which consists of multiple different substances that are not evenly distributed; each sample of the mixture may have different proportions of the individual components |
| Homogeneous Mixture | a material which consists of multiple different substances that are evenly distributed; each sample of the mixture will have the same proportion of the individual components |
| Matter | substance that occupies space, has mass, and is composed of microscopic particles |
| Property | characteristic of matter that can be used to identify particular materials |