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| inertia | tendency of an object to resist any change in motion |
| meniscus | curve of the water's surface when it is in a container |
| volume | amount of space taken up or occupied by an object |
| mass | measure of the amount of matter in an object |
| grams, kilograms | SI unit for expressing mass |
| gravitational force | force which keeps objects from floating off into space |
| weight | measure of how much gravitational force is exerted in an object |
| newtons | SI unit for measuring weight |
| matter | anything that has mass and occupies space |
| density | amount of matter in a given volume of space |
| physical property | property of matter that can be observed and measured, without changing its identity |
| physical change | a change in matter from one form to another without a change in its chemical properties |
| chemical property | the ability of matter to change into new matter with completely new properties |
| chemical change | process by which matter actually changes into new substances |
| characteristic property | property of matter that is always the same, no matter what size the sample |
| composition | type of matter that makes up the object and the way that the matter is arranged |
