Matter Vocabulary

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Property that can be observed and measured without changing the kind of matter being studied.

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Physical property

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The temperature at which a solid can change to a liquid.

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Melting point

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The temperature at which a liquid boils and can change from a liquid to a gas.

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Boiling point

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The relationship between the mass of a material and its volume.

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Density

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The amount of matter in a substance.

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Mass

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The amount of space that a substance or object takes up.

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Volume

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A change in a substance that does not change the composition of a substance.

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Physical change

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When substances react or do not react chemically with one another.

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Chemical property

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A change in a substance that results in the formation of one or more new substances with new chemical and physical properties.

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Chemical change

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Abbreviations used in chemistry, mainly for chemical elements.

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Chemical Symbol