A | B |
physical property | characteristic you can observe without changing |
volume | amount of space something occupies |
mass | how much matter something contains |
melting point | when solid reaches point to become a liquid |
solubility | ability to be dissolved |
chemical property | cannot be observed without altering substances |
cutting | physical change |
toast in a toaster | chemical change |
law of conservation of mass | matter isn't changed or created just particles are arranged |
atom | basic building block |
substance | matter with fixed makeup and properties |
element | pure form |
NaCl | compound |
separate salt water | boil the water and salt remains |
separate iron fillings from sand | use a magnet |
heterogeneous mixture | substances are not evenly mixed |
homogeneous mixture | substance are evenly mixed |
solute | substance that disappears or gets dissolved |
solvent | substance that dissolves the substance |
precipitate | products left over after reaction |