Category 1
What is anything that has mass and takes up space?
Matter
What describes how much a substance can bend?
Flexibility.
The amount of a substance that will dissolve in a given amount of another substance is what?
Solubility.
What is the measure of the amount of matter in an object?
Mass.
Which point is the temperature at which the substance changes from a liquid to a gas?
Boiling point.
What are the two units of mass?
Grams and kilograms.
What is the measure of the amount of mass in a certain volume called?
Density.
What is the unit of weight that scientists use?
Newton (N).
What property does not depend on the amount of a substance?
Intrinsic physical property.
Weight depends on what two things?
The amount of matter in an object and gravity.
Substances that are less dense that water will: sink or float?
Float.
Substances that are more dense than water will: sink or float?
Sink.
What two tools are used to measure the volume of a liquid?
Graduated cylinders and beakers.
True or false: chemical properties depend only on the identity of a substance and not the amount of the substance?
True.
What property describes how a substance interacts with other matter?
Chemical property.
What describes the amount of space an object takes up?
Volume.
How can comparing the melting and boiling points of an unknown substance help scientists?
It can help scientists determine the identity of an unknown substance.
The volume of a regularly-shaped solid is calculated from what?
The dimensions of the object.
The volume of water displaced by an object equals the volume of what type of object/solid?
Irregularly shaped solid
How do we calculate density?
Dividing mass by volume.