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12 Cards in this Set
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matter |
anything that has mass and takes up space |
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physical property |
a characteristic of a pure substance that can be observed without changing it into a new substance |
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volume |
the amount of space matter occupies |
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density |
the measure of how much mass of a substance is contained in a given volume |
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meniscus |
the curved upper surface of a liquid in a column of liquid |
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physical property (applied) |
if Maddie says, "the tree has orange leaves" she is commenting on the physical property of the tree.
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volume (applied) |
we usually use a graduated cylinder to measure mass |
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mass (applied) |
we usually use a triple beam balance to measure this |
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matter (applied) |
because sound has no mass, it is not this |
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density (applied) |
a graph can show that density is a property of matter because plotting the mass and volume of different sized pieces of the same material will result in all the points falling on the same slope! |
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meniscus (applied) |
we measure the volume of a liquid from the bottom of this |
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mass |
the amount of matter in an object |
