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Chem Chapter 1 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Chemistry | the study of matter and the changes that happen to it |
| Matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
| Mass | a measurement that reflects the amount of matter in a substance |
| Chemical property | a characteristic of a substance that can only be observed when it changes into another substance. |
| Physical property | a characteristic you can observe or measure without changing the composition of the substance. |
| substance | matter that has a definite and uniform composition |
| distilling | a separation technique using boiling points |
| Quantitative Data | information that describes numerical characteristics |
| Qualitative Data | information that describes the physical characteristics |
| Weight | a measurement of the amount of matter in a substance and the effect of gravity |