Ch.1 Section 1,2,3

Question 1

matter

Answer 1

anything that has mass and takes up space.

Question 2

volume

Answer 2

a measure of the size of a body or region the three dimensiol space

Question 3

meniscus

Answer 3

the curve at a liquid’s surface by which one measures the volume of a liquid

Question 4

mass

Answer 4

a measure of the amount of matter in an object

Question 5

weight

Answer 5

a measure of the gravitational force extended on an object

Question 6

inertia

Answer 6

the tendency of an object to resist being move or to resist a change in speed or direction until an outside force acts on the object

Question 7

physical property

Answer 7

a characteristic of a substance that does not involve a chemical change

Question 8

density

Answer 8

the ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume of the substance

Question 9

physical change

Answer 9

a change of matter from one substance to another without a change in chemical properties

Question 10

chemical property

Answer 10

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

Question 11

chemical change

Answer 11

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