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| The ability or inability of a substance to combine with or change into one or more new substances |
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| A physical property, such as mass, length, and volume, that is dependent upon the amount of substance present. |
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| A form of matter that flows to conform to the shape of its container, fills the container's entire volume, and is easily compressed. |
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| A physical property that remains the same no matter how much of a substance is present. |
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| A form of matter that flows, has a constant volume, and takes the shape of its container |
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| A characteristic of matter that can be observed or measured without changing the samples composition - for example, density, color, taste, hardness and melting point |
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| A form of matter that has its own definite shape and volume, is incompressible, and expanse only slightly when heated. |
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| The physical forms in which all matter naturally exist on Earth - known as solid, liquid and gas. |
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| Gaseous state of a substance that is a liquid or a solid at room temperature. |
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| A process involving one or more substances changing into new substances; also called a chemical reaction |
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| law of conservation of mass |
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| states that mass is neither created nor destroyed during a chemical reaction but is conserved. |
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| A transition of matter from one state to another |
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| A type of change that alters the physical properties of a substance but does not change its composition. |
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