Terminology
Anything that has mass and takes up space.
What is matter?
The smallest unit of an element that maintains the properties of that element.
What is an atom?
A measure of the amount of matter in an object.
What is mass?
The state of matter in which the volume and shape of a substance is fixed.
What is a solid?
A measure of the gravitational force exerted on an object.
What is weight?
What is gas?
The change of a substance from one physical state to another.
What is change of state?
The amount of space that an object takes up.
What is volume?
An arrangement of the elements in order of their atomic numbers.
What is the Periodic Table?
The state of matter that has a definite volume but not a definite shape.
What is a liquid?
The attractive force that holds atoms or subunits of atoms together.
What is chemical bond?
The ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume of the substance.
What is density?
A substance made up of atoms of two or more different elements joined by chemical bonds.
What is a compound?
A solid whose atoms, ions, or molecules are arranged in a regular, repeating pattern.
What is a crystal?
The total kinetic energy of a substance's particles.
What is thermal energy?
A representation of a chemical reaction that uses symbols to show the relationship between the reactants and the products.
What is a chemical equation?
A sample of matter that has a definite chemical and physical properties.
What is a pure substance?
A substance or molecule that participates in a chemical reaction.
What is a reactant?
A substance that forms in a chemical reaction.
What is a product?
A combination of chemical symbols and numbers to represent a substance.
What is a chemical formula?
A group of atoms that are held together by chemical bonds.
The process by which one or more substances change to produce one or more different substance
What is Chemical Reaction?
A law that states that matter cannot be created or destroyed in ordinary chemical and physical changes.
What is the law of conservation of matter?
A large molecule formed of more than five smaller units that are usually joined in a repeating pattern.
What are polymers?
A material that is made by humans through a chemical process or reaction.
What is synthetic materials?