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matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
volume | a measure of the size of a body or region in three-dimensional space |
meniscus | the curve at a liquid's surface by which one measures the volume of the liquid |
mass | a measure of the amount of matter in an object |
weight | a measure of the gravitational force exerted on an object; its value can change with the location of the object in the universe |
inertia | the tendency of an object to resist being moved or, if the object is moving, to resist a change in speed or direction until an outside force acts on the object |
physical property | a characteristic of a substance that does not involve a chemical change, such as density, color, or hardness |
density | the ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume of the substance |
physical change | a change of matter from one form to another without a change in chemical properties |
chemical property | a property of matter that describes a substance's ability to participate in chemical reactions |
chemical change | a change that occurs when one or more substances change into entirely new substances with different properties |