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matter & msmt vocab

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Density   The ratio of mass to volume which indicates the spacing of the particles in the substance  
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SI - International system of measurement   The measurement system accepted worldwide. Also known as the metric system.  
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Volume   The amount of space occupied by an object  
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Accuracy   How close a measurement is to the true/accepted value  
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Percent Error   A value calculated by subtracting the experimental value from the accepted value, dividing the difference by the accepted value, and then multiplying by 100  
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Precision   How closely a set of repeated measurements are to each other  
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Scientific Notation   numbers written in the form Mx10^n where the factor M is a number greater than or equal to 1 but less than 10 and n is a whole number  
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Matter   anything that has mass and takes up space  
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state of matter   solid, liquid, or gas  
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solid   state of matter where the particles have low energy and are spaced closely together  
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liquid   state of matter where the particles have enough energy to slide past each other  
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gas   state of matter where particles have so much energy they spread apart and fill the container  
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mixture   a blending of two or more substances in the same container  
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pure substance   a substance in which all of the particles are identical  
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element   a substance containing only one type of atom  
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compound   two or more different elements that are chemically bonded together.  
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particle diagram   a diagram that shows the arrangement of atoms in a substance  
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physical property/change   a description of how a substance appears or changes in appearance but but not in identity  
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chemical property/change   a description of how a substance can undergo a change in identity due to the rearrangement of atoms  
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mass   the amount of matter in an object  
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conversion factor/conversion fraction   a fraction created from two measurements that are equal to each other which is used to convert from one unit to another  
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factor label method/dimensional analysis   a calculation method that uses conversion factors to change from one unit to another  
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