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VocabScienceChapt.1
Introduction to Matter
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| matter | anything that takes up space and has mass |
| chemistry | the study of the properties of matter and how matter changes |
| element | a substance that cannot be brocken down into any other substance by chemical or physical means |
| atoms | smallest an element can be brocken into |
| compound | a substance made of two or more elements chamically combined in a specific ratio |
| mixture | made from two or more substances that are together in the same place but are not chemically combined into a new substance |
| physical change | alters the form of appearence of a material but does not convert the material into a new substance |
| chemical change | a change in matter that produces a new substance |
| weight | is a measurement of the force of gravity on you |
| mass | the measurement of how much matter it contains |
| volume | amount of space that matter occupies |
| density | the measurement how much mass is contained in a given volume |
| chemical bond | force that holds two atoms together |
| molecule | a combination of two or more atoms that are bonded together |
| electrolysis | electric cutting |
| electrode | a metal strip that gains or loses electrons durning electrolysis |
| suspension | mixture can be seen and easily separated by settling or filtration: not well mixed |
| solution | well-mixed mixture |
| solvent | part of a solution present in the largest amount: water is always a solvent |
| solute | present in a solution in a smaller amount and dissolved by the solvent |