Introduction to Matter

The study of matter and how it changes

• matter

• chemistry

• substance

• mass

A single kind of matter that is pure and always has a specific composition

• matter

• chemistry

• substance

• mass

A characteristic of a substance that can be observed without changing it into another substance

• physical property

• chemical property

A characteristic of a substance that describes its ability to change into different substances

• physical property

• chemical property

Hardness, texture, temperature, color are types of

• physical property

• chemical property

When a substance changes its state of matter it is going through a

• physical change

• chemical change

When a silver chain reacts with sulfur in the air and forms tarnish, it has gone through a

• physical change

• chemical change

The particle from which all elements are made

• element

• atom

• compound

• molecule

This is the force or attraction between two atoms that hold them together

• chemical bond

• molecule

• chemical formula

• compound

This represents a compound and shows the elements in the compound and the ratio of atoms

• chemical bond

• molecule

• element

• chemical formula