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Ch 1 Chemisty part 1
Vocab Words
Question | Answer |
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matter | Anything that has mass and occupies 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 a pure substance that can be observed without changing it into another substance. |
chemical property | A characteristic of a pure substance that describes its ability to change into a different substance. |
element | A pure substance that cannot be broken down into other substances by chemical or physical means. |
atom | The basic particle from which all elements are made. |