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Matter Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| weight | the effect of gravity on an object |
| matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
| open system | freely allows both energy and matter in and out of the system |
| closed system | does not allow matter and energy in or out of the system |
| chemical change irreversible change | when two or more substances are mixed and an interaction occurs causing them to change to a new substance |
| physical change reversible change | a change to the physical property where the final product is still composed of the original substance |
| expand heat | particles when heating more quickly with force, spreading out |
| contract cool | particles cool and slow down, coming together, taking up less space |
| poor conductor good insulator | materials that slow down the transfer of heat from one material to another |
| good conductor poor insulator | materials that allow heat to transfer from one material to another faster |
| mixture | combination of two or more substances |
| substance | the material, or matter, of which something is made. |