Introduction to Matter

Question 1

matter

Answer 1

Anything that has mass and takes up space.

Question 2

volume

Answer 2

A measure of the size of a body or region in three- dimensional space.

Question 3

mass

Answer 3

A measure of the amount of matter in an object.

Question 4

weight

Answer 4

A measure of the gravitational force exerted on an object.

Question 5

inertia

Answer 5

The tendency of an object

Question 6

meniscus

Answer 6

The curve at a liquid’s surface

Question 7

physical property

Answer 7

A characteristic of a substance that does not involve a chemical change, such as color, density, or hardness.

Question 8

density

Answer 8

The ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume of the substance.

Question 9

physical change

Answer 9

A change of matter from one form to another without a change in chemical properties.

Question 10

chemical property

Answer 10

a property of matter that describes a substance’s ability to participate in chemical reactions.

Question 11

chemical change

Answer 11

a change that occurs when one or more substance’s

change into entirely new substance’s with different properties.