| A | B |
|---|
| matter | anything that has mass an takes up space |
| mass | the amount of matter that something contains |
| volume | the amount of space that matter takes up |
| balance scale | measures mass |
| beaker, graduated cylinder, and test tube | measure volume |
| property | something that describes matter |
| physical property | anything that can be measured or observed with teh senses without changing the matter into another kind of matter |
| chemical property | anything that describes how matter can change into another kind of matter |
| states of matter | solid, liquid, and gas |
| solid | matter that has a definite volume and definite shape |
| liquid | matter that has a definite volume but no definite shape |
| gas | matter that has no definite volume and no definite shape |
| solid particles | particles are packed in close |
| liquid particles | particles that are spread apart and have more room to move about |
| gas particles | few particles that have a great amount of space to move freely |
| physical change | a change in the size, shape, or state of matter |
| chemical change | a change in matter in which different kinds of matter are formed |
| example of a solid | a wooden block |
| example of a liquid | water |
| example of a gas | steam |
