Properties of Matter

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What is matter?

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Anything that takes up space and has mass.

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What are the three main states of matter?

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Solid, liquid, gas.

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What is a chemical property?

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A property of matter that can only be observed by changing the basic nature of the matter.

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What are physical properties?

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Properties of matter that can be measured or observed without changing the basic nature of the matter.

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What is a physical change?

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A change that affects one or more physical properties of a substance without altering its chemical composition.

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What is a chemical change?

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A change that results in the formation of new chemical substances.

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Give an example of a physical change.

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Breaking a rock into smaller pieces.

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Give an example of a chemical change.

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Burning wood.

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What is density?

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The mass of a substance divided by its volume.

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What is solubility?

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The ability of a substance to dissolve in another substance.