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Intro to Matter
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Chemistry
6th Grade
09/08/2014

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Matter

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anything that has mass and takes up space

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Mass

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a measure of the amount of matter in an object

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Volume

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a measurement of the size of a body or reigon in 3-D space

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Weight

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a measure of gravitational force exerted on an object; its value can change with the location of the object in the universe

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Inertia

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the tendency of an object to resist being moved or, if the object is moving to, resist a change in speed or direction until an outside force acts on the object

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meniscus

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the curve at a liquid's surface by which one measured the volume of the liquid.

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  Physical Property

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a characteristic of a substnce that does not involve a chemical change,such as density, color, or hardness

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Density

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the ratio of mass of a substance to the volume of the substance

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Physical Change

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a change of matter from one form to another without a change in chemical properties

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Chemical Property

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a property of matter that discribes a substance's ability to participate in chemical reactions

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chemical change

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a change that occurs when one or more substances change into entierly diffrent substances with diffrent properties

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