Term | Definition |
Chemistry | the study of matter, its composition, and its interactions |
Matter | anything that takes up space and has mass |
Qualitative Property | the property of what is observed but can’t be expressed numerically |
Quantitative Property | the property of a substance that can be represented numerically |
Physical Property | a change of state that can be seen without affecting others |
Chemical Property | a chemical property that needs to react in order to be described |
Physical Change | A change of state that doesn’t change into another substance |
Chemical Change | a change occurs when a reaction involves rearranging atoms |
Pure Substance | something that is only composed of 1 type of particle |
Mixture | a combination of 2 or more types of particles to create one characteristic list |
Element | a pure substance that cannot be broken down further |
Compound | 2 or more pure substance chemically bonded together in a fixed ratio |
Solution | a homogeneous mixture of a solute and solvent |
Homogeneous | describes something that is seen as 1 substance but made of more |
Heterogeneous | describes something that is seen as more than 1 substance |
Solvent | the thing that does the dissolving |
Solute | the thing being dissolved |
Metal | a substance that has metal properties (Alkali metals(group1), Alkali earth metals(group2)) |
Non-Metal | a substance that has gas/non-metal like properties (Gases, Noble gases(group18)) |
Metalloid | a substance that has metal properties and non-metal properties |