Unit 1 Flash Cards

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Matter

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Anything that takes up space and has weight.

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Mass

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How much matter is inside something.

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Volume

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How much space something takes up.

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Physical property

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Something you can see or measure (color, size, shape, texture, smell).

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Chemical property

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How matter can change into something new (can burn, rust, or react).

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Pure substance

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Made of only one kind of matter (like gold, salt, or water).

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Mixture

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Two or more kinds of matter mixed together but not chemically joined (like a salad or trail mix).

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Homogeneous mixture

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Looks the same all over (salt water, lemonade).

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Heterogeneous mixture

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You can see the different parts (cereal in milk, sand and rocks).

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Element

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The simplest kind of pure substance; made of only one type of atom (like gold, oxygen, or carbon).