Matter 

By: Jillian Sperico

Matter 

Anything that has mass and takes up space. 

Physical Property 

Used to observe and describe matter. 

Chemical property 

Observed by changing the chemicals identity of a substance. 

Change 

Make or become different

physical change 

Changes that affect the form of a substance, not the chemical composition 

Chemical Change 

 A change that causes a new chemical substance to form.

Indicator 

A substance that undergoes distinct observable when the conditions of its solution changes. 

Catalyst 

A substance that increase the state of the rate of a chemical reaction without it having a permanent chemical change. 

Chemical Reaction 

A rearrangement of a substance structure , not physically but chemically.  

Solution 

A liquid mixture that in which the  minor component is distributed within the major component. 

Solute 

The minor component in the solution, mixed in with the solvent . 

Combustibility 

How easy a substance can catch on fire, through fire or combustion. 

Sublimation 

The transformation of a solid substance to a gas , skipping the liquid phase. 

Pure Substance 

A substance made up of only one type of atom or molecule. 

Compound 

A thing with two or more elements . A mixture. 

Mixture

A substance made by mixing different substances together. 

Homogeneous mixture  

A solid, liquid or gaseous mixture that has the same proportions of its components throughout the sample  

Heterogeneous Mixture

Made of different substances that remain physically separate.  

Precipitate 

Cause a substance to be deposited in solid form from a solution. 

Endothermic reaction 

The process of which the system absorbs energy from its surroundings. 

Exothermic reaction 

A chemical reaction that releases energy by light or heat. 

Law of Conservation of Mass/Matter

States that Matter can not be created or destroyed by chemical reactions or physical transformations. 

Reactants 

A substance that undergoes a change during a reaction 

Products

Species formed from a chemical reaction 

Method

A way of finding an answer to your questions, using hypothesis, calculations and more. 

Publish

A way of making a book, journal or other work seen in the public

Illustrate 

Provide proof or clear up something with pictures. Examples of something. 

Exaggerate

Making something sound bigger, better or worse than it really is. 

Complicate 

Make something more difficult or complex