Unit 2 Flashcards
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Definition of matter
Matter is anything that takes up space and can be weighed. In other words, matter has volume and mass.
Definition of physical property
The physical properties of a substance are the inherent characteristics of the substance, which result in no change in the composition of the substance when we measure or study those properties. Such properties include color, odor, physical state, density, solubility, melting point, and boiling point.
Definition of chemical property
The chemical properties of a given substance indicate how that substance reacts with other substances. For example, when we say that sodium is a grayish white, soft low-density metal, we are describing some of sodium’s physical properties. When we say that sodium metal reacts with chlorine gas to form sodium chloride, it’s a chemical property.
Definition of density
How much stuff in a certain amount of space. Ratio that compared the mass of an object to its volume
Def of Physical change
A physical change for a substance does not alter the identity or composition of the substance; such a change typically represents a change in physical state, shape or size. a substance results in the substance being converted into another substance or substances. For example, when we heat a piece of sodium metal in a sealed tube in a burner flame, the sodium melts and then vaporized: the liquid and gas are still sodium, however, only physical changes have occurred.
Def of chemical change
A chemical change for a substance results in the substance being converted into another substance or substances. But if we heat a piece of sodium in an open flame, the sodium reacts with oxygen in the air and is converted to a mixture of sodium oxides. The pure elemental substance sodium is converted into compounds and has undergone a chemical change.
Law of conservation of mass
Mass is neither created nor destroyed in any physical or chemical process
The total mass before a reaction or change must equal the total mass after the reaction or change
Chemical symbol
Carbon=C
Hydrogen=H
Reactants
What’s used in the experiment. Front half if equation
Products
What you end up with. End of equation
Chemical reaction
Produces a change in properties
Chemical formula
H20 Or CO2
How many parts of each element you have. H2O has a 2:1 ratio of 2 hydrogen atoms and 1 oxygen
Precipitate
Formation of a solid in a solution
Filtrate
Material, usually liquid, that has passed through a filter
Residue
Material remaining after a distillation or evaporation
Solution
Also known as a homogenous mixture. A uniform mixture made up of two or more substances
Solvent
Substance that dissolves a solute (water in saltwater)
Solute
Substance BEING dissolved in a solution (salt in saltwater)
Data
Observations that we have organized into a table, graph, or chart 
Scientific law
A summary of many experimental results and observations, a law that tells how things work
Theory
An explanation for some phenomenon that is based on observation, experimentation and reasoning 
Endothermic
USES heat energy like ice packs
Exothermic
GIVES OFF heat energy, like hand warmers
Substance
Any material that possesses physical properties is called a substance. Classification of matter made up of all the same kind of atom, all bonded chemically. Pure substance has a definite and constant composition like salt or sugar. Composition doesn’t vary.