| A | B |
| 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 |
| Inertia | The tendancy of an object to resist being moved or, if the object is moving, to resist a change in speed |
| 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 the chemical property |
| Chemical Properties | a property of matter that describes a substance's ability to participate in chemical reactions |
| Characteristic Properties | Properties that stay the same no matter what size the sample is. |
| Chemical Change | A change that occurs when one or more substances change into entirely new substances with different properties |