| 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) |