| A | B |
|---|
| matter | anything that takes up space |
| physical property | anything you can observe about an object by using your senses |
| solids | has a specific amount of space and a definite shape (does not lose its shape and takes up the same amount of space all the time) |
| liquids | has a volume that stays the same, but it can change its shape (it takes the shape of any container it is put into) |
| gases | does not have a definite shape or volume (it takes up all the space in its container) |
| atoms | basic building blocks of matter |
| evaporation | the process in which a liquid becomes a gas |
| volume | the amount of space matter takes up |
| physical change | changes to matter in which no new kinds of matter are formed (ex. paper being cut) |
| mixture | substance that contains two or more different types of matter (types of matter can be separated in this) |
| chemical change | changes that form different kinds of matter, in this type of change the particles in the matter change (ex. burning something) |
| solids, liquids, and gases | the three states of matter |
