Matter
What are the 3 basic states of matter?
Solid, liquid, gas
Characteristics of a solid
has a specific shape and volume
What is a chemical change?
a change that produces a neew substance
cutting, tearing, breaking and painting
physical change
What is matter?
Anything that takes up space and has weight
it has weight and takes up space, but it occupies the space in the container we put them in
Chemical changes cannot _________
be undone
chemical changes
What is property?
A characteristic quality of an object made of matter
Characteristics of gas
a substance that has no specific shape or size, when in a closed container tha gas will expand to fill the container.
What is a physical change?
Something that changes the size, shape or form of an object.
The process in which solid substances are converted into liquids by adding heat.
melting
What is an example of a property?
color, shape, size, weight, or temperature.
is air matter?
yes it is, it takes up space and has weight
What is an example of a chemical change?
open
the process by which a liquid turns into a gas.
evaporating
What is a particle?
The tiny building blocks that make up matter
what is volume
the amount of space a substance or object occupies
what is an example of a physical change?
open
to change from a gas or vapor to a liquid.
condensing