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matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
chemistry | the study of matter and how it changes |
physical property | a characteristic of a substance that can be observed without changing the substance into another substance |
chemical property | a characteristic of a substance that describes its ability to change into other substances |
physical change | any change that alters the form or appearence of a substance but does not make the substance into another substance |
chemical change | a change in matter that produces one or more new substances |
reactants | the substances that undergo change in a chemical reaction |
products | the substances formed by the reaction |
precipitate | a solid that forms from solution during a chemical reaction |
endothermic reaction | a reaction that absorbs energy in the form of heat |
exothermic reaction | a reaction that releases energy in the form of heat |
chemical changes occur when | bonds break and new bonds form |
changes in matter can be described in terms of | physical changes and chemical changes |
chemical reactions involve changes in | properties and changes in energy that you can observe |