Vocabulary NotesIntro. To Chemistry

Mass
Volume
Extensive property
Intensive property
Substance
Physical property
Solid
Liquid
Gas
Vapor
Physical change
Mixture
Heterogeneous mixture
Homogeneous mixture
Solution
Phase
Filtration
Distillation
Element
Compound
Chemical change
Chemical symbol
Chemical property
Chemical reaction
Reactant
Product
Precipitate
Law of conservation of mass / A measure of the amount of matter the object contains.
A measure of the space occupied by the object.
A property that depends on the amount of matter in a sample.
A property that depends on the type of matter in a sample, not the amount of the sample.
Matter that has a uniform and definite composition.
A quality or condition of a substance that can be observed or measured without changing the substance’s composition.
A form of matter that has a definite shape and volume.
A form of matter that has an indefinite shape and a definite volume.
A form of matter than has an indefinite shape and a indefinite volume.
The gaseous state of a substance that is generally a liquid or solid at room temperature. For example, water vapor.
When some properties of a material change, but the composition of the material does not change.
A physical blend of two or more components.
A mixture in which the composition is NOT uniform throughout.
A mixture in which the composition is uniform throughout.
A homogeneous mixture. Consists of solutes dissolved in a solvent.
Any part of a sample with uniform composition and properties.
The process that separates a solid from a liquid in a heterogeneous mixture.
The process where a liquid is boiled to produce a vapor that is then condensed into a liquid.
The simplest form of matter that has a unique set of properties.
A substance that contains two or more elements chemically combined in a fixed proportion.
A change that produces matter with a different composition than the original matter.
A one or two letter representation of an element.
The ability of a substance to undergo a specific chemical change.
When one or more substances changes into one or more new substances.
A substance present at the start of the reaction.
A substance produced in the reaction.
A solid that forms and settles out of a liquid mixture.
States that in any physical change or chemical reaction, mass is conserved.

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Vocabulary Quiz – Introduction to Chemistry Part 2

Directions: Place the proper vocabulary word on the line on the answer sheet. Vocabulary words can be used more than once.

  1. A change that produces matter with a different composition than the original matter.
  2. A physical blend of two or more components.
  3. When some properties of a material change, but the composition of the material does not change.
  4. A measure of the amount of matter the object contains.
  5. A measure of the space occupied by the object.
  6. A form of matter that has a definite shape and volume.
  7. A form of matter that has an indefinite shape and a definite volume.
  8. A form of matter than has an indefinite shape and a indefinite volume.
  9. A mixture in which the composition is NOT uniform throughout.
  10. A mixture in which the composition is uniform throughout.
  11. Any part of a sample with uniform composition and properties.
  12. Matter that has a uniform and definite composition.
  13. The gaseous state of a substance that is generally a liquid or solid at room temperature.
  14. States that in any physical change or chemical reaction, mass is conserved.
  15. A quality or condition of a substance that can be observed or measured without changing the substance’s composition.
  16. The ability of a substance to undergo a specific chemical change.
  17. The simplest form of matter that has a unique set of properties.
  18. A substance that contains two or more elements chemically combined in a fixed proportion.
  19. When one or more substances changes into one or more new substances.
  20. A substance produced in the reaction.
  21. A one or two letter representation of an element.
  22. A solid that forms and settles out of a liquid mixture.
  23. A substance present at the start of the reaction.
  24. The process that separates a solid from a liquid in a heterogeneous mixture.
  25. The process where a liquid is boiled to produce a vapor that is then condensed into a liquid.

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Vocabulary Quiz – Introduction to Chemistry Part 2

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Vocabulary Quiz – Introduction to Chemistry Part 2

ANSWER KEY

  1. Chemical change
  2. Mixture
  3. Physical change
  4. Mass
  5. Volume
  6. Solid
  7. Liquid
  8. Gas
  9. Heterogeneous
  10. Homogeneous
  11. Phase
  12. Substance
  13. Vapor
  14. Law of conservation of mass
  15. Physical properties
  16. Chemical properties
  17. Element
  18. Compound
  19. Chemical reaction
  20. Product
  21. Chemical symbol
  22. Precipitate
  23. Reactant
  24. Filtration
  25. Distillation