Describing Matter Flashcards

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Pure

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Material is not mixed with any other matter

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Ratio

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Tells you he relationship between two or more things

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Property

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A characteristic that belongs to or thing

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Matter

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Anything that has mass And takes up space

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Chemistry

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Study of matter and how matter changes

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Substance

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A single kind of matter that is pure,it always has a specific makeup or composition.
Ex:table salt has the same composition and properties whether it comes from seawater or salt mine

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Physical property

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Characteristic of a substance that can be observed without changing it into another substance.Some examples of physical properties are:color and shape,length and mass, volume and density.We use our senses (taste,touch,smell,hear,see) to observe physical properties

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Chemical property

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Characteristics of a substance that describes its ability to change into different substances.To observe chemical properties in a substance,you must try to change it into another substance.

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