MATTER & ITS INTERACTIONS
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1. CHEMICAL PROPERTY: A characteristic of a pure substance that describes its ability to change into
different substances
2. FLAMMABILITY: A material's ability to burn in the presence of oxygen
3. OXIDATION: A chemical change in which a substance combines with oxygen, as when iron oxidizes, forming
rust
4. REACTIVITY: the property that describes how readily a substance combines chemically with other substances
5. CHEMICAL CHANGE: A change that occurs when one or more substances change into entirely new
substances with different properties.
6. LAW OF CONSERVATION OF MASS: the law that states that mass cannot be created or destroyed in
ordinary chemical and physical changes
7. CHEMICAL REACTION: the process by which one or more substances change to produce one or more
different substances
8. REACTANT: A chemical substance that is present at the start of a chemical reaction
9. PRODUCT: A substance produced in a chemical reaction
10. CHEMICAL POTENTIAL ENERGY: the energy stored in the chemical bonds of a substance
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_hulucv
1. CHEMICAL PROPERTY: A characteristic of a pure substance that describes its ability to change into
different substances
2. FLAMMABILITY: A material's ability to burn in the presence of oxygen
3. OXIDATION: A chemical change in which a substance combines with oxygen, as when iron oxidizes, forming
rust
4. REACTIVITY: the property that describes how readily a substance combines chemically with other substances
5. CHEMICAL CHANGE: A change that occurs when one or more substances change into entirely new
substances with different properties.
6. LAW OF CONSERVATION OF MASS: the law that states that mass cannot be created or destroyed in
ordinary chemical and physical changes
7. CHEMICAL REACTION: the process by which one or more substances change to produce one or more
different substances
8. REACTANT: A chemical substance that is present at the start of a chemical reaction
9. PRODUCT: A substance produced in a chemical reaction
10. CHEMICAL POTENTIAL ENERGY: the energy stored in the chemical bonds of a substance
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