Chemistry Vocab

The state of matter that has a definite volume but not a definite shape

• solid

• density

• Liquid

• matter

A change that occurs when one or more substances change into entirely new substances with different properties

• concentration

• melting point

• Chemical changes

• boiling point

the temperature at which the vapor pressure of a liquid equals the pressure surrounding the liquid and the liquid changes into a vapor

• chemical reaction

• Boiling point

• compound

• chemical changes

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

• compound

• melting point

• gas

• Chemical Properties

The process by which one or more substances change to produce one or more different substances

• Chemical reaction

• chemical change

• gas

• melting point

The ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume of the substance; commonly expressed as grams per cubic centimeter for solids and liquids, and as grams per liter for gases

• physical properties

• chemical change

• Density

• compound

A substance made up of atoms of two or more different elements joined by chemical bonds

• physical changes

• solid

• Compound

• density

A measurement of the amount of stuff (solute) dissolved in a liquid (solvent). The most common concentration unit is molarity (M), which is equal to the number of moles of solute divided by the number of liters of solution.

• chemical change

• Concentration

• gas

• boilling point

A form of matter that does not have a definite volume or shape

• matter

• solubility

• liquid

• Gas

A mixture where the substances aren't equally distributed.

• Heterogeneous Mixture

• solid

• matter

• density