A | B |
weight | amount of gravitational force exerted on an object |
matter | anything that has volume or mass |
volume | the amount of space occupied by something |
SI | System of International units for scientific measurement |
mass | amount of matter something is made of |
meniscus | the curved shape on the surface of liquid |
inertia | tendency of an object to resist any change in motion |
gravity | a force of attraction between things (objects) that is based on their masses |
more mass | something is heavier |
more inertia | something is harder to move or stop |
balance | a scale to weigh something's mass |
spring scale | a scale to measure weight |
physical property | can be observed or measure without changing the object |
density | the amount of matter in a given space or volume |
chemical property | describes substance based on its ability to change into a new substance with dif. properties |
physical change | affects one or more physical properties of a substance |
chemical change | 1 or more substances are changed into new substance with different properties. |
characteristic properties | are always the same whether the sample is large or small |
volume of liquid | expressed in liters and milliliters |
volume of solid | expressed in cubic units (like cubic meters) |