What Is An Atom ?
Building blocks of matter
- Protons, Electrons and Neutrons. Protons - positve charge; Electrons - negative charge and Neutrons - no charge.
What Is An Mixture ?
A combination of two or more substances that are not chemically combined
What Is An Physical Properties ?
Characteristics that can be observed without changing the identity of the substance
What Is Oxygen (O2) ?
element, tasteless, odorless, colorless gas essential for human respiration or breathing
What Is Temperature ?
A measure of how hot or cold something is.
What Is An Element ?
A substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances
What Is An Solution?
A mixture that forms when one substance dissolves another.
What Is An Physical Change ?
A change in a substance that does not involve a change in the identity of the substance
- A change from solid to liquid to gas
What Is Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
gas (waste) released by body cells, transported via veins to the heart, and then to the lungs for exhalation
What Is Conduction ?
The direct transfer of heat from one substance to another substance that it is touching.
What Is An Element ?
A substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances
What Is An Solid ?
A state of matter that has a definite shape and a definite volume
What Is A Chemical Change ?
A change in matter that produces one or more new substances
What Is Density
mass/volume, how compact the atoms or molecules of a substance are found
What Is An Convection ?
The transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid
What Is An Pure Substance ?
A sample of matter, either a single element or a single compound, that has definite chemical and physical properties
What Is An Liquid ?
the state of matter that has a definite volume but not a definite shape
What Are Chemical Properties ?
Characteristics of a substance that determine how it will react with other substances.
What Is An Odor ?
physical property, smell
What Is Thermal Energy ?
The total energy of motion in the particles of a substance. All substances have thermal energy. Ice and hot water both have thermal energy.
What Is An Molecule ?
A group of atoms bonded together
What Is An Gas?
a form of matter that does not have a definite volume or shape
What is Water (H20)
compound, 2 hydrogen atoms and 1 oxygen atom
What Is Heat ?
The energy transferred between objects that are at different temperatures
What Is Sublimation ?
the process in which a solid changes directly into a gas