chem vocab quiz study

Anything that has mass and takes up space (volume)

• matter

• mass

• element

• compound

• volume

A measure of the amount of matter.

• volume

• matter

• mass

• compound

The smallest unit of an element that maintains the properties of that element. Also considered the building blocks of matter.

• particle

• atom

• compound

• matter

A pure substance made of only one kind of atom. Ex. oxygen and carbon

• compound

• chemist

• atom

• element

A substance that is made from the atoms of two or more elements that are chemically bonded. Ex. water and salt

• atom

• compound

• mass

• volume

descriptions or observations

• properties

• chemistry

• atom

• mass

depend on the amount of matter present. Ex. volume and mass

• matter

• intensive properties

• extensive properties

• physical property

do not depend on the amount of matter present. They do depend on identity however. Ex. melting point and density.

• physical properties

• extensive properties

• intensive properties

• mass

A characteristic that can be observed or measured without changing the identity of the substance. Ex. building point and melting point

• atom

• intensive properties

• extensive properties

• physical properties

A change in a substance that does not involve a change in the identity of the substance. Ex. grinding, cutting, melting

• physical change

• solid

• change of state

• chemical property