Science Vocab Flashcards

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Chemistry

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Study of the properties of matter and how matter changes

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Matter

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Anything that has mass and takes up space

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Substance

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A single kind of matter that is pure

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Physical property

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A characteristic of a pure substance that can be observed witjout changing it into another substance

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Chemichal property

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A characteristic of a pure substance that describes its ability to change into different substances

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Element

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A pure substance that cannot be broken down into any other substance by chemical or physical mean

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Atom

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Basic particle from which all elements are made

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Chemical bond

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A force of attraction between two atoms

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Molecules

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Groups of tow or more atoms held together by chemicals bonds

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Chemical formula

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Shows the elements in the compound and the ratio

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Mixture

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Made of two or more substances

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Heterogeneous mixture

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Can see different parts in mix

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Homogeneous

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Evenly mixed can’t see different mixes

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Weight

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Measure of the force of gravity on an object

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Mass

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Measurement of the amount of matter in the object

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International system of units

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Used to measure the properties

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Volume

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Amount of space that matter occupies

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Density

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Relates the mass of a material in a given volume

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Compound

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A pure made of two or more elements chemically combined in a set ratio