Introduction to Matter

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What is matter?

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Anything that has mass and takes up space.

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What is a physical property?

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A characteristic of a pure substance that can be observed without changing it into another substance.

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What is density?

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The measurement of how much mass of a substance is contained in a given volume.

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What is mass?

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A measure of how much matter is in an object.

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What is an element?

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A pure substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means.

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What is a molecule?

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A group of two or more atoms bonded together.

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What is a compound?

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A substance formed when two or more elements are chemically bonded together.

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What is a chemical property?

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A characteristic of a substance that can only be observed during a chemical reaction.

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What is volume?

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The amount of space an object occupies.

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What is the difference between mass and weight?

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Mass is the amount of matter in an object, while weight is the force of gravity acting on that mass.