Matter Vocab
anything that takes up space and has mass
What is Matter?
ALL observations and descriptions of your substance
What are properties?
Reaction to a liquid
What is a chemical property?
Observable properties like brittleness, malleability, color, shape, texture, and luster
What are physical properties?
The amount of matter in an object
What is mass?
all of the characteristic properties of a substance that can be measured or observed WITHOUT changing the type of matter
What is physical properties?
Flammability
What is a chemical property?
Corrosion
What is a chemical property?
the amount of space an object takes up
What is volume?
What matter is made of and how it reacts with with other atoms and molecules
What is chemical properties?
Measurable properties such as mass, weight, volume, and density
What are physical properties?
Bubbling, change of color, change of temperature
What is evidence of a chemical reaction?
the smallest unit of measure that cannot be broken down by ordinary chemical reactions
What is an atom?
a change in which the form of matter is altered but one substance is not changed, like wax melting or salt being absorbed by water
What is a physical change?
Melting point and Boiling Point
What are physical properties?
Sollubility
What is a physical property?
two or more atoms connected by a chemical bond
What is a molecule?
when one or more substances are changed into entirely new substances with different properties, like when you burn something or when you breathe and oxygen changes into carbon dioxide
What is a chemical change?
Rusting
What is a chemical property?
They never change, so we can use them to identify unknown substances.
What is the reason why characteristics properties are important?