The Properties of Matter Flashcards

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Anything that has mass and takes up space

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Matter

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

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Volume

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the curve at a liquid’s surface by which one measure the volume of the luiquid

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Meniscus

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a measure of the gravitational force exerted on an object its value can change with the location.

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Weight

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a measure of the amount of matter in an object

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Mass

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the tendency of an object to resist being moved or, if the the object is moving, to resist a change in speed or direction until an outside force acts on the object

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Inertia

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

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Physical property

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

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Density

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a change of matter from one form to another without a change in chemical propertes

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Physical change

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a property of matter that describe a substance ability to participate in chemical reaction

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Chemical property

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a change that occurs when one or more substances change into entirely new substances with different proprties

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Chemical change

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