CP Chemistry Unit 2 Vocabulary

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Chemistry

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The study of matter and the changes that it undergoes

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States of Matter

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The physical form in which all matter naturally exists on Earth: solid, liquid, or gas

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Matter

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Anything that has mass and takes up space

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Mixture

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a combination of two or more substances where each substance keeps its own properties and they aren’t chemically bonded together

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Pure substance

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Matter with a uniform and unchanging composition, made of only 1 type of particle

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Homogeneous mixture

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Matter that has a uniform composition throughout and CAN be separated physically

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Heterogeneous mixture

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Matter that does NOT have a uniform composition throughout and CAN be separated physically

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Solution

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A type of homogeneous mixture in which one substance is dissolved in another substance

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Solute

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A substance that gets dissolved in a solution (smaller part)

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Solvent

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A substance that does the dissolving in a solution (larger part)