Chapter 1- The Properties of Matter

Question 1

Anything that takes up space

Answer 1

Matter

Question 2

A measure of the size of a body or region in 3D space

Answer 2

Volume

Question 3

The curve at

Answer 3

Meniscus

Question 4

A measure of how much matter is in an object.

Answer 4

Mass

Question 5

a body’s relative mass or the quantity of matter contained by it, giving rise to a downward force; the heaviness of a person or thing.

Answer 5

Weight

Question 6

Inertia is the resistance of any physical object to any change in its state of motion including changes to its speed and direction or the state of rest.

Answer 6

Inertia

Question 7

A physical property is any property that is measurable whose value describes a state of a physical system. The changes in the physical properties of a system can be used to describe its transformations or evolutions between its momentary states.

Answer 7

Physical Property

Question 8

Density is a measure of how much mass is contained in a given unit volume (density = mass/volume).

Answer 8

Density

Question 9

Any change that occurs without altering the chemical composition of a substance is a physical change

Answer 9

Physical change

Question 10

a property or characteristic of a substance that is observed during a reaction in which the chemical composition or identity of the substance is changed

Answer 10

Chemical property

Question 11

usually irreversible chemical reaction involving the rearrangement of the atoms of one or more substances and a change in their chemical properties or composition, resulting in the formation of at least one new substance

Answer 11

Chemical change