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| inertia | the tendency of an object to resist any change in motion. |
| miniscus | When water is in a glass container, the surface of the water is curved. |
| volume | the amount of space taken up or occupied by an object. |
| mass | the measure of the amount of matter in an object. |
| kilogram | The SI unit for expressing the quantity of matter in an object. |
| gravatational | The force which keeps objects from floating off into space. |
| weight | The measure of how much gravitational force is exerted on an object. |
| newton | The SI unit for expressing gravitational force. |
| matter | Anything that has mass and occupies space. |
| density | The amount of matter in a given volume of space. |
| formula for density | mass divided by volume |
| physical property | A property of matter that can be observed and measured, without changing its identity. |
| physical change | A change in matter from one form to another without changing its chemical properties. |
| chemical property | The ability of matter to change into new matter with completely new properties. |
| chemical change | the process by which matter actually changes into new substances. |
| characteristic | A property of matter that is al;ways the same, no matter what size the sample. Scientists often use these properties to help identify substances. |
| composition | The type of matter that makes up the object and the way it is arranged. |
