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Chapter 1 Vocabulary: Matter and Change

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experiment   a carefully controlled, repeatable procedure for gathering data to test a hypothesis  
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law of conservation of mass   mass can be neither created nor destroyed in an ordinary chemical or physical change  
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element   a substance that cannot be changed into a simpler substance under normal laboratory conditions  
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hypothesis   a descriptive model used to explain observations  
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scientific method   an approach to the solution of scientific problems  
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physical change   an alteration of a substance that does not affect its chemical composition  
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compound   a substance that can be separated into simpler substances (elements or other compounds)only by chemical reactions  
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theory   a thoroughly tested model that explains why experiments give certain results  
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matter   anything that takes up space and has mass  
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homogenous mixture   a mixture that is completely uniform in composition; its components are not distinguishable.  
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heterogeneous mixture   a mixture that is not uniform in composition; its components are readily distinguished  
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