Chapter 2 Vocabulary

Question 1

Volume

Answer 1

The measure of the amount of space an object takes up

Question 2

Extensive Property

Answer 2

Depends on the amount of matter an object contains

Question 3

Intensive Property

Answer 3

Depends on the type of matter in a sample

Question 4

Physical Property

Answer 4

An observed quality or condition that can be observed or measured without changing an objects physical composition

Question 5

Solid

Answer 5

An form of matter that has a definite shape and volume

Question 6

Liquid

Answer 6

A form of matter with no definite shape and a definite volume

Question 7

Gas

Answer 7

A form of matter that has no definite shape or volume

Question 8

Vapor

Answer 8

Describes the gaseous state of a substance that is generally a solid or liquid at room temperature

Question 9

Physical Change

Answer 9

Properties of a material that change but don’t change the composition of matter

Question 10

Mass

Answer 10

The amount of matter an object contains

Question 11

Mixture

Answer 11

A physical blend of two or more components

Question 12

Heterogeneous Mixture

Answer 12

A mixture in which the composition is not uniform throughout

Question 13

Homogeneous Mixture aka. Solution

Answer 13

A mixture in which the composition is uniform throughout

Question 14

Phase

Answer 14

Describes any part of a sample with uniform composition and properties

Question 15

Filtration

Answer 15

The process that separates a solid from a liquid in a heterogeneous mixture

Question 16

Distillation

Answer 16

A way to separate water form other components

Question 17

Element

Answer 17

The simplest form of matter that has a unique set of properties

Question 18

Compound

Answer 18

A substance that contains two or more chemically combined elements

Question 19

Chemical Change

Answer 19

A change that produces matter with a different composition than the original matter

Question 20

Chemical Symbol

Answer 20

A two letter representation of an element

Question 21

Chemical Property

Answer 21

The ability of a substance to undergo a change

Question 22

Chemical Reaction

Answer 22

A process that changes substances into a new substance

Question 23

Reactant

Answer 23

A substance present at the start of a chemical reaction

Question 24

Product

Answer 24

A substance produced in a chemical reaction

Question 25

Precipitate

Answer 25

A solid hat settles out of a liquid mixture

Question 26

Law of Conservation of Mass

Answer 26

Matter can be neither created or destroyed