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| the study of matter and of the transformation it can undergo |
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| phase of matter characterized by definite volume and shape |
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| phase of matter characterized by definite volume but no definite shape, takes on the shape of it's container |
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| phase of matter in which molecules fill whatever space is available to them, taking neither definite shape nor definite volume. |
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| any physical characteristic of a substance, such as color, density, and hardness |
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| a change in which a substance changes its physical properties without changing its chemical identity |
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| the tendency of a substance to change chemical identity |
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| a change in which a substance changes its chemical identity during a chemical changeatomes are rearranged to give a new substance |
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| synonymous to chemical change |
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| a fundamental material consisting of only one type of atom |
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| an abbreviation for an element derived from the first one or two letters of the element's name |
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| a notation used to denote the composition of a compound. |
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| the process of recollecting a vaporized substance |
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| the state of a material that consists of only a single element or compound |
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| the state of material that consists of more than one element or comound. a chemical mixture is impure |
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| a mizture in which the components can be seen as indifidual substances |
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| a mixture composed of components so finely mixed that the composition is all the same throught the mixture |
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| a homogeneous mixture in which all the components oare of the same phase |
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| a homogeneous mixture in which different components are of different phases |
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