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chemistry
chapter 1/Mrs. Mirabello/Everett
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6th Grade
10/01/2010

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CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTY
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A quality of a substance that never changes and can be used to identify the substance
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BOILING POINT
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The temperature at which a substance changes from a liquid to a gas
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MELTING POINT
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The temperature at which a substance changes from a solid to a liquid.
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PHYSICAL CHANGE
Definition
A change in a substance that does not change its identity
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CHEMICAL CHANGE
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A change in which one or more substances combine or break apart to form new substances
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MIXTURE
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Two or more substances that are mixed together but not chemically combined
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SOLUTION
Definition
A very well mixed mixture
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ATOM
Definition
The smallest particle of an element
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CHEMICAL BOND
Definition
The force that holds two atoms together
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COMPOUND
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A substance made of two or more elements chemically combined
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DENSITY
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The measurement of how much mass of a subsatance is contained in a given volume
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ELEMENT
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A substance that cannot be broken down into other substances by chemical or physical means
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INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS (SI)
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The system of units used by scientists to measure the properties of matter
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MASS
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A measure of how much matter is in an object
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PURE SUBSTANCE
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A substance made of only one kind of matter and having definite properties
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VOLUME
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The amount of space that matter occupies.
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WEIGHT
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A measure of the force of gravity acting on an object
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MOLECULE
Definition
A combination of two or more atoms
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CHEMICAL ACTIVITY
Definition
A characteristic property of a substance that indicates its ability to undergo a specific chemical change
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