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Matter Vocabulary

AB
Atomthe smallest unit of an element that maintains the properties of that
elementa pure substance made of only one kind of atom
chemicalany substance that has a definite composition
chemical changea change in which one or more substances are converted into
chemical propertythe ability of a substance to undergo a change that
chemistrythe study of the composition, structure, and properties of matter and
compounda substance that is made from the atoms of two or more elements
condensationthe process by which a gas changes to a liquid
elementa pure substance made of only one kind of atom
extensive propertya property that depends on the amount of matter that is
depositionthe change of state from a gas directly to a solid
gasthe state of matter in which a substance has neither definite volume nor
freezingthe physical change of a liquid to a solid by the removal of heat
evaporationthe process by which particles escape from the surface of a
heterogeneousnot having a uniform composition throughout
homogeneoushaving a uniform composition throughout
intensive propertya property that does not depend on the amount of matter
meltingthe physical change of a solid to a liquid by the addition of heat
liquidthe state of matter in which the substance has a definite volume but an
mixturea blend of two or more kinds of matter, each of which retains its own
physical changea change in a substance that does not involve a change in the
physical propertya characteristic that can be observed or measured without
pure substancea substance that has a fixed composition and differs from a
solidthe state of matter in which the substance has definite volume and definite
sublimationthe change of state from a solid directly to a gas


New Milford High School
New Milford, CT

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