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Chapter 2 Vocabulary

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law of conservation of mass   mass can be neither created nor destroyed in an ordinary chemical or physical process  
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matter   anything that has mass and takes up space  
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mass   the amount of matter an object contains  
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substance   matter that has uniform and definite composition  
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physical property   a quality or condition of a substance that can be observed or measured without changing the substance's composition  
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solid   matter that has a definite shape and volume  
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liquid   matter that flows, has a fixed volume, and takes the shape of its container  
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gas   matter that takes both the shape and volume of is container  
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vapor   the gaseous state of a substance that is generally a liquid or solid at room temperature  
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physical change   a change that alters a given material without changing its composition  
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mixture   physical blend of two or more substances  
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heterogeneous mixture   a mixture that is not uniform in composition; you can tell there is multiple things in the mixture  
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homogeneous mixture   a mixture that has a completely uniform composition; you cannot tell there is multiple things in the mixture  
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solutions   a homogeneous mixture  
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phase   any part of a system with uniform composition and properties  
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distillation   a purification process in which a liquid is evaporated and then condensed again to a liquid;  
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elements   a substance that cannot be changed into simpler substances under normal lab conditions  
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compounds   a substance that can be separated into simpler substances only by chemical reactions  
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chemical symbol   a one or two letter representation of an element  
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chemical reaction   the changing of substances to other substances by the breaking of bonds in reactants and the formation of bonds in products  
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reactants   a starting substance in a chemical reaction  
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products   a substance formed in a chemical reaction  
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chemical property   the ability of a substance to undergo chemical reactions and to form now substances  
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