| A | B |
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| matter | anything that has mass and volume |
| mass | the amount of matter in an object |
| volume | the amount of space an object occupies |
| weight | the measure of an object's mass |
| density | the amount of mass in a given volume |
| buoyancy | an object's ability to float |
| characteristic properties | properties that can be used to identify an object |
| general properties | properties that all matter have |
| chemical change | results in a new substance |
| physical change | alters the appearance of a substance, but not the identity |
| phase change | solid to liquid or liquid to gas |
| atom | the smallest particle in an element that has all the properties of that element |
| element | the simplest pure substance |
