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Boiling Point | the temperature at which a substance changes from a liquid to a gas |
Gas | a state of matter with no definite shape or volume |
Liquid | a state of matter that has a definite volume but no definite shape |
Melting Point | the temperature at which a substance changes from a solid to a liquid |
Viscosity | a liquid's resistance to flow |
Matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
energy | the ability to do work or cause change |
substance | a single kind of matter that is pure and has a specific set of properties |
physical property | a characteristic of a substance that can be observed without changing the substance into something else |
chemical property | a characteristic of a substance that is observed when a substance interacts with another substance |
element | any substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances |
compound | two or more elements that are chemically combined |
mixture | two or more elements that are NOT chemically combined |
physical change | A change that alters the form or appearance of a material but does not make the material into another substance. |
chemical change | a change in matter that produces one or more new substances |
weight | A measure of the force of gravity on an object |
mass | the amount of matter in an object |
volume | The amount of space that matter occupies |
density | The measurement of how much mass of a substance is contained in a given volume |
atom | smallest particle of an element |
Chemical Bond | the force that holds two atoms together |
Molecule | a particle made of two or more atoms bonded together |
Solid | a state of matter that has a definite volume and a definite shape |
malleability | the ability to bend |
luster | how shiny a substance is: the ability of a substance to reflect light |