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unit 1 lesson 1
unit1 lesson 1
Term | Definition |
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matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
mass | describes the amount of matter in an object |
weight | a measure of the gravitational force on an object |
volume | the amount of space that an object takes up or occupies the objects volume |
density | a measure of the amount of mass in a given volume |
physical property | a characteristic of a substance that can be observed and measured without changing the idenity of the substance |
chemical property | describes a substances ability to change into a new substance with diffrent properties |
physical change | a changed that affects one or more physical properties of a substance |
chemical change | occurs when one or more substances change into entirely new substances with different properties |
law of conservation of mass | states that in ordinary chemical and physical changes mass is not created or destroyed but is only transformed into different substances |
atom | are the smallest unit of an element that maintains the properties of that element |
element | made up of one or more of the same kind of atom chemically combined |
compound | made up of different kinds of atoms chemically combined |
mixture | contains a variety of elements and compounds that are not chemically combined with each other |
pure substance | substance that has definite physical and chemical properties such as appearance, melting point, and reactivity |
heterogeneous | mixture is one that does not have a uniform composition |
homogeneous | each part of the sugar water mixture has the same sweet taste |
solid | substance has a definite volume and shape |
liquid | substance has a definite volume but not a definite shape |
gas | does not have a definite volume or shape |
freezing | the change in state in which a liquid becomes a solid |
melting | particles are able to slide pass each other the change of state from a solid to a liquid |
evaporation | as liquid is warmed its particles gain energy some particles gain enough energy that they escape from the surface of the liquid and becomes gas |
boiling | a rapid change from a liquid to a gas or a vapor |
condensation | as a gas is cooled its particles lose energy the attraction between particles overcomes the speed of their motion and liquid froms |
sublimation | the change from a solid state directly into a gas |
deposition | is the change in state from a gas directly to a solid |