Unit 3 - Intro to Matter

Matter

• Anything that has mass

• Anything that has volume

• Anything that has mass and volume

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Chemistry

• The study of matter and how it changes

• The study of life functions

• The study of energy and how it transfers through matter

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Substance

• A kind of matter where you can see the different parts in it.

• A kind of matter with uniform properties; you can not see the different parts in it.

• A kind of matter that glows in the dark.

Physical Property

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

• A characteristic of a pure substance that describes it's ability to change it into a new substance.

• A characteristic of a pure substance that describes how well something catches fire.

Chemical Property

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

• A characteristic of a pure substance that describes it's ability to change it into a new substance.

• A characteristic of a pure substance that describes how well you can see the reaction.

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Chemical Change

• A change in which one or more substances combine or break apart to form new substances.

• A characteristic of a pure substance that describes it's ability to change it into a new substance.

• A change that alters that the form or appearance of a material but does not make the material into another substance.

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Physical Change

• A change in which one or more substances combine or break apart to form new substances.

• A characteristic of a pure substance that describes it's ability to change it into a new substance.

• A change that alters that the form or appearance of a material but does not make the material into another substance.

Element

• A pure substance that cannot be broken down into other substances by chemical or physical means.

• The basic particle from which from which all elements are made; the smallest particle of an element that still has properties of that element.

• A group of two or more atoms chemicals combined.

Atom

• A pure substance that cannot be broken down into other substances by chemical or physical means.

• The basic particle from which from which all elements are made; the smallest particle of an element that still has properties of that element.

• A group of two or more atoms chemicals combined.

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Molecule

• A pure substance that cannot be broken down into other substances by chemical or physical means.

• The basic particle from which from which all elements are made; the smallest particle of an element that still has properties of that element.

• A group of two or more atoms chemicals combined.

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