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7th Grade: Topic 2
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space. |
| Substance | A single kind of matter that is purse 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 purse substance that cannot be broken down into other substances by chemical or physical. |
| 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. |
| Distill | In chemistry, this means separating, similar to separating out extra information. |
| 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. |
| Convert | Changing from one thing to some other specific thing in a predictable way. |
| 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 substance combine or break apart to form new substance. |
| Concservation | Prevention of waste |