| A | B |
| matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
| mass | amount of matter something contains |
| volume | amount of space that matter takes up |
| property | something that describes matter |
| physical property | one that can be measured or observed witht he senses without changing the matter into another kind of matter |
| chemical property | one that describes how matter can change into another kind of matter |
| states of matter | matter can be found in three forms; solid, liquid, or a gas |
| solid | matter that has a definte volume and a definite shape |
| liquid | matter that has a definite volume but no definite shape |
| gas | matter that has no definite volume or shape |
| atom | smallest particle of matter |
| physical change | change in the size, shape, or state of matter |
| chemical change | change in matter in which different kinds of matter are formed |