Properties of Matter

Definitions

100

Anything that has mass and takes up space

What is Matter? 

200

Study of the properties of matter and how matter changes 

What is chemistry? 

300

A single kind of matter that is pure, meaning it has a specific makeup 

What is a substance 

400

Pure substance that cannot be broken down into any other substances by chemical or physical means 

What is an element? 

500

Force of attraction between two atoms 

what are chemical bonds 

Density

100

Mass/Volume 

What is the formula for density? 

200

1 g/ml

What is the density of water? 

300

Water and other fluids exert an upward force called ...

What is the buoyant force? 

400

An object with a density greater than 1 g/ml will ...

what is sink?

500

An object with a mass of 250 grams and a volume of 85 ml has a density of what? 

What is 2.94 g/ml

Chemical Compounds

100

H₂O

What is water? 

200

CO₂

What is carbon dioxide 

300

CH₄

What is methane

400

AlCl₃

Aluminum Chloride 

500

C₂H₄

Ethylene 

Elements

100

Characteristic of a pure substance that can be observed without changing it into another substance 

What is a physical property 

200

characteristic of a pure substance that describes its ability to change into different substances 

what is a chemical property 

300

groups of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds 

What are molecules? 

400

shows the elements in the compound and the ratio of atoms 

what is a chemical formula 

500

Basic particle from which all elements are made 

What is an atom