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George Review 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| matter | anything that has mass and occupies space |
| atom | the smallest unit of an element |
| compound | a substance made of more than one element |
| element | a substance made of only one kind of atom |
| pure substance | any matter with a fixed composition throughout |
| mixture | a combination of more than one pure substance |
| chemical formula | gives the symbols and numbers that indicate the amount and type of each element in a compound |
| chemical property | describes the way a substance reacts with other substances |
| physical property | a characteristic of a substance that can be observed or measured. |
| melting point | the point at which a solid becomes a liquid |
| boiling point | the point at which a liquid becomes a gas |
| density | the mass per unit volume D= m/v |
| physical change | a change in a substance that does not produce a new substance |
| chemical change | a change in a substance that does produce a new substance |