Changes in the properties of matter phyical and chemical
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ailah_overton on October 16, 2011
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6th grade chapeter 3 test
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Matter | anything that takes up space, has mass and has properties that you can observe and describe |
| PROPERTY | something special about an object that makes it what it is |
| mass | the amount of matter in an object |
| volume | the amount of space an object takes up |
| density | compares the mass to the volume |
| CONDUCTIVITY | the ability to pass energy along from one particle to another. (electrical, heat and sound) |
| MAGNETIC | is another physical property. |
| CHEMICAL | properties describe the ability for react or combine with another matter to form a new substance, a new kind of matter |
| ACID | to tell gold and pyrite apart. (The way the substance reacts to it is a chemical property). |
| COMBUSTIBILITY | the ability to burn is another chemical property |
| PHYSICAL CHANGE | change in state, shape or size without forming another substance |
| mixture | 2 or more parts blended together that keep their own properties and not turn into a new substance (salad, spaghetti, tacos, trail mix, sugar mixed with water, tea) can be made of solids, liquids or gases, can be separated Substances that make up mixtures keep their physical & chemical properties |
| SOLUTION | mixture in which substances are completely blended so that the properties are the same throughout. |
| Chemical REACTIONS | They occur when atoms link together in new ways. |
| PROPERTIES | atoms in the substance put together rearrange to form a new substance with different |
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