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PhysicalScienceVocab

Physical Science Vocabulary

QuestionAnswer
Chemical Change a change in a substance that changes its identity
Chemical Property any characteristic of a material that indicates it can undergo a certain chemical change
Colloid heterogeneous mixture w/ particles that never settle and that are large enough to scatter light
Compound two or more elements chemically combined, can only be separated by chemical means
Distillation a process used to separate two substances in a mixture by evaporating a liquid and recondensing its vapor
Element matter containing the same kinds of atoms
Heterogeneous Mixture mixture w/ easily distinguishable materials
Homogenous Mixture mixture w/ non-distinguishable materials blended evenly throughout
Law of Conservation of Mass the total mass of all reactants in a chemical reaction is equal to the total mass of all products formed
Mixture two or more substances physically combined, can easily be separated by physical means
Physical Change any change in size, shape, or state of matter in which the identity of the substance remains the same
Physical Property any characteristic of a material that can be observed without changing the identity of the substance
Solution homogenous mixture containing microscopic particles in a liquid that remain uniformly and constantly mixed
Substance type of matter w/ fixed composition
Suspension heterogeneous mixture containing visible particles in a liquid that will settle out over time
Tyndall Effect scattering of light by colloid particles
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