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Science Unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Matter | anything that takes up space and has mass |
| Mass | a measure of the amount of matter an object has |
| Volume | a measure of how much space an object takes up |
| Physical Property | a characteristic of matter that can be measured or observed |
| Magnetism | the ability of a material to be attracted to a magnet, without needing to be a magnet itself |
| Conductivity | how energy, such as heat, can move through a material |
| Reflectivity | the way light reflects, or bounces, off an object |
| Solubility | the ability of matter to dissolve in a liquid |
| Chemical Property | a characteristic that can only be observed when there is a change in the type of matter |
| Mixture | a physical combination of two or more substances - forms when two substances mix, but DO NOT combine chemically |
| Heterogeneous Mixture | a mixture that has parts that ARE NOT uniformly mixed together |
| Colloid | a heterogeneous mixture in which the small parts are so small that they do not settle out |
| Homogeneous Mixture | mixtures that are uniform throughout |
| Solution | a type of homogeneous mixture |
| Physical Change | when matter stays the same before and after a change |
| Chemical Change/Reaction | when matter is NOT the same before and after a change - the new matter has different properties than the original matter |
| Conservation of Mass | matter is not created or destroyed during a physical or chemical change |
| Solid | matter that has a definite shape and takes up a definite amount of space |
| Liquid | matter that has a definite volume, but not a definite shape |
| Gas | matter that has no definite shape or volume |