Matter Flashcards

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What is matter?

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Anything that has mass or takes up space

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What is Chemistry?

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The study of the properties of matter

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What is an Element?

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Substance that cannot be broken down chemically

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What is an atom?

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Makes up everything

Has properties of an element

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What is a Compound?

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Substance made up of two or more elements

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What is a Molecule?

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Smallest unit of a substance

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What is a Chemical Formula?

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Combination of chemical signals

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What is a Pure substance?

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Either a single element or compound

Definite chemical and physical properties

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What is a mixture?

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Combination of two or more substances that don’t chemically combine

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What is a heterogeneous mixture?

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When a substance is mixed but not the same throughout

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What is a homogeneous mixture?

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When substances are mixed together and are the same throughout

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What is a miscible liquid?

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Like gasoline, made up of different liquids that form a new liquid

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What is an immiscible liquid?

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When substances are mixed together but separate and don’t form anything new
Like water and oil

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Melting point?

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The point at which a solid turns into a liquid

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Boiling point?

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The point at which a liquid begins to boil

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Density?

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The different of mass and volume of a substance

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What is reactivity?

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The ability of a substance to combine chemically with another

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Flammability?

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The ability of a substance to catch fire

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Physical properties ?

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Physical properties can be observed easily. Helps to identify things

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Chemical properties?

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Not easy to observe.

Describes how different substances will react.