What is weight?
Gravitational force with which the Earth attracts the masses towards its center.
What is mass?
The amount of matter within an object.
What is matter?
____ has mass and takes up space.
What is a pure substance?
A ____ has a constant defined composition and cannot be separated by physical means.
What is an Atom?
Smallest unit of an element that has the properties of that element.
What is a compound?
element may combine chemically to form _____?
What is a molecule?
Smallest unit of a compound that has the properties of that compound.
What is a mixture?
Substances are either uniform of not.
What is a substance?
Keeps its properties, can be separated by physical means.
What is a homogeneous mixture?
Same concentration throughout, or uniform.
What are some examples of homogeneous mixtures?
Solution, air, sugar water, salt water.
What is a heterogeneous mixture?
Substances are not evenly distributed.
What are some examples of heterogeneous mixtures?
Soil, rocky road ice cream.
What is a physical property?
Can be detected by senses.
Examples of physical properties?
Color, luster, density, malleability, boiling point, melting point.
What is a chemical property?
Properties that can only be observed by doing a chemical reaction.
Examples of chemical properties?
Flammability, heat of combustion, reactivity.
What is a physical change?
There is no change in the identity of the material.
Examples of a physical change?
Something cut in half, change states of matter.
What is a chemical change?
There is a new substance created, atoms are rearranged into new products.
Example of chemical change?
Iron rusting, wood burning, baking bread in the oven.
What is a closed system?
completely isolated from its environment.
What is an open system?
Can not be used to prove matter is conserved during a chemical reaction or phase change. Substances can escape from container.
Substances that combine to create products in a chemical reaction is called what?
Reactants
What is matter made of?
_____ is made of particles in constant motion, which have kinetic energy in them.
What is phase change?
_____ is particle motion in a substance that is affected by the flow of heat.
What happens when energy is added/ flowing in?
Temperature rises, particles move faster.
What is Melting Point
A solid changing into liquid.
What is Boiling Point?
Liquid changing into gas.
What happens when energy is taken away/ flowing out?
Temperature decreases, particles move slower.
What is freezing point?
Liquid changing into a solid.
What is condensation point?
Gas changing into a liquid.
Where does heat go to?
____ always moves from areas of warmer objects to cooler objects until they reach thermal equilibrium.