Properties of Matter Vocabulary

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering fundamental chemistry terms, including physical and chemical properties, changes, states of matter, measurements, and intermolecular forces.

Pure substance

Matter made of only one type of particle

Chemical change

Change that creates one or more new substances

Physical change

Change in appearance without influence of another substance

Precision

How close repeated measurements are to each other

Accuracy

How close a measurement is to the target

Element

Pure substance made of one type of atom

Compound

Substance formed when different elements chemically bond together

Chemical property

Describes how substances react to other new substances

Chemical indicators

Substances that show chemical changes through color change

Physical property

Characteristic observed without changing the identity of substance

Mass

The amount of matter composed in an object

Length

Measurement of distance from one point to another

Water displacement

Finding volume by measuring how much water rises

Solid

State of matter with fixed shape and volume

Liquid

Fixed volume state of matter but no shape

Irregular solid

A solid without a regular or predictable shape

Density

Amount of mass contained within a certain volume

Volume

Amount of space an object or substance occupies

Viscosity

How strongly a liquid resists flowing or moving

Luster

How shiny or dull a material's surface looks

Malleability

Ability of materials to be hammered into sheets

Brittle

Easily broken when force or pressure is applied

Reactivity

How easily a substance reacts with another substance

Solubility

How well one substance dissolves in liquid substance

Combustibility

Chemical property measures a substance's ability to burn

Intermolecular

Describes forces acting between separate molecules of substances

Intramolecular

Describes bonds holding atoms together within a molecule

Dipole-Dipole

Attractions between positive and negative of polar molecules

Hydrogen Bonding

Hydrogen bonds to either nitrogen, oxygen or fluorine

London Dispersion

Weak attractions by temporary changes in electron distribution