Vocab 2 FMS Mrs.Handy

Substance

A single kind of matter that is pure and has a specific set of properties.

Matter

Anything that has mass and takes up space

Physical Property

A characteristic of a pure substance that can be observed without changing it into another substance

Chemical Property

A characteristic of a pure substance that describes its ability to change into different substances

Element

A substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances

Atom

the basic unit of a chemical element.

Chemical bond

the force that holds two atoms together

Molecule

two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds