Chemistry Intro Vocab Review

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Smallest building block of matter; one of 118 elements.

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Atoms

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Anything with mass and volume

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Matter

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Study of properties, composition, and structure of matter

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Chemistry

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Atoms of the same element bonded together form a

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molecule

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A species of atom with unique properties due to its proton count.

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Element

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Atoms of different elements bonded together

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Compound

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Characteristic of a substance observed during a chemical change (e.g., combustibility)

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chemical property

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A mixture with unevenly distributed atoms (e.g., cereal in milk)

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heterogenous mixture

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A reversible change in a substance's physical properties (size, volume, shape)

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physical change

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A mixture with uniformly distributed atoms (e.g., milk)

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homogenous mixture