Chemistry Vocabulary

Particle

• A minute part of matter

Matter

• Substance made up of various types of particles that takes up physical space

Density

• The amount of mass and volume in a specific area

Freeze/Freezing

• When a liquid becomes a solid because it lost its heat

Melt/Melting

• When something that is a solid becomes a liquid because heat energy is used on it

Condense/Condensation

• When something thatt is a gas becomes a liquid

Evaporate/Evaporation

• When a liquid changes to a gas because of heat

Mixture

• Two or more things together

solution

• A mixture you get from when one substance disolves into the other

dissolve

• To mix one substance consistently into another substance at the particle level

solute

• A substance that dissolves in a solvent to form a solution

Solvent

• A substance which a solute dissolves to form a solution

Saturation

• An extent to which something is dissolved or absorbed compared with the maximum possible, usually expressed as a percentage.

Dilution

• Reducing the concentration by the addition of water or a thinner.