Section 1: What is Chemistry?

Key Terms:

* chemical - A substance with a distinct molecular composition that is

produced by or used in a chemical process.
* chemical reaction - a process in which one or more substances are
changed into others
* states of matter - Solid, liquid, and gas.
* reactant - A substance on the left side of a chemical reaction.
* product - A substance on the right side of a chemical reaction.

Section 2: Describing Matter

Key Terms:

* matter - Anything that has mass and occupies space.

* volume - The amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object
or region of space, expressed in cubic units.
* mass - A unified body of matter with no specific shape.
* weight - A measure of the heaviness of an object.
* quantity - A specified or indefinite number or amount.
* unit - A group regarded as a distinct entity within a larger group.
* conversion factor - A numerical factor used to multiply or divide a
quantity when converting from one system of units to another.
* physical property - any property used to characterize matter and
energy and their interactions
* density - the quanity of something per unit of measure, exspecially
per unit of length, area, or volume
* chemical property - is a property used to charicterize materials in
reactions that change their idenity

Section 3: How is Matter Classified?

Key Terms:

* atom - a part consiterd to be irreducible consituent of a specified

system
* pure substance - it's matter that cant be spearated into other kides
of matter by any phyical process. It will always have the same color, tatse,
texure and composistion.
* element - A substance composed of atoms having an identical number of
protons in each nucleus. Elements cannot be reduced to simpler substances by
normal chemical means.
* molecule The smallest particle of a substance that retains the
chemical and physical properties of the substance and is composed of two or more
atoms; a group of like or different atoms held together by chemical forces.
* compound - To combine so as to form a whole; mix
* mixture - A composition of two or more substances that are not
chemically combined with each other and are capable of being separated.
* homogeneous Of the same or similar nature or kind
* heterogeneous Consisting of dissimilar elements or parts; not
homogeneous.