| A | B |
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| matter | anything that has volume and mass |
| volume | the amount of space that something occupies or the amount of space that something contains |
| meniscus | the curve at a liquid's surface by which you measure the volume of the liquid |
| mass | the amount of matter that something is made of; its value does not change with the object's location in the universe. |
| gravity | a force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses. |
| weight | a measure of the gravitational force exerted on an object, usually the Earth. |
| newton (N) | the SI unit of force |
| inertia | the tendency of all objects to resist any change in motion |
| physical property | a property of matter that can be observed or measured without changing the identity of the matter |
| density | the amount of matter in a given space; mass per unit volume |
| chemical property | a property of matter that describes a substance based on its ability to change into a new substance with different properties |
| physical change | a chnge that affects one or more physical properties of a substance; most physical changes are easy to undo |
| chemical change | a change that occurs when one or more substances are changed into entiredly new substances with different properties; cannot be reversed using physical means. |
