States of Matter and Compounds

Front

When ice melts and forms water, what type of change occurs?

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Physical change.

Front

What are the tiny particles that matter is composed of?

Back

Atoms.

Front

What are characteristics of a substance that do not involve changing to another substance?

Back

Physical properties.

Front

Which state of matter has a fixed volume and a fixed shape?

Back

Solid.

Front

What are substances that consist of two or more kinds of atoms?

Back

Compounds.

Front

What is the state of matter that has a definite volume but no definite shape?

Back

Liquid.

Front

What is the term for a change that results in the formation of a new substance?

Back

Chemical change.

Front

What is the smallest unit of a compound that retains its chemical properties?

Back

Molecule.

Front

What are the properties that can be observed without changing the substance?

Back

Physical properties.

Front

What is the term for a substance made of only one type of atom?

Back

Element.