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chemitry
L 1-4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| matter | anything that has mass and takes up space. |
| chemistry | the study of the properties of matter and how matter changes. |
| substance | a single kind of matter that is pure and has a specific set of properties. |
| physical property | a characteristic of pure substance that can be observed without changing it into another sentence. |
| chemical property | a characteristic of pure substance that describes it ability to change into different substances. |
| element | A substance that cannot be broken down into any other substances by chemical or physical means. |
| atom | The basic particle of which all elements are made up of; smallest particle of an element. |
| chemical bond | The force of attraction that holds two atoms together |
| molecule | A neutral group of two or more atoms held by covalent bonds. |
| compound | a substance made of two or more elements chemically combined in a specific ratio or proportion. |
| chemical formula | Symbols that show the elements in a compound and the ratio of atoms. |
| mixture | Two or more substances that are together in the same place but their atoms are not chemically bonded. |
| weight | the measure of force of gravity acting on an object. |
| mass | The amount of matter in an object. |
| International System of Units | A system of measurment based off of ten and on established measures of mass, length, and time. |
| volume | the amount of space matter occupies. |
| density | The ratio of mass of a substance to its volume. |
| physical change | A change that alters the or appearance of a material but does not change the substance. |
| chemical change | A change in which one or more substances combine or break apart from to form new substances. |
| law of conservation of mass | The total amount of matter is neither nor destroyed during chemical or physical change. |
| temperature | how hot or cold something is; a measure of the average energy motion in particles |
| thermal energy | the total energy of the motion of all the particles of an object |
| endothermic change | a change in which energy is absorbed |
| exothermic change | a change in which energy is released |
| chemical energy | a form of energy that is stored in the chemical bonds between atoms. |