Definitions
Chemical Properties
Those which the substance shows as it interacts with, or transforms into, other substances (such as flammability, corrosiveness)
Matter
anything that has mass and volume -the “stuff” of the universe: books, planets, trees, professors, students
Composition
the types and amounts of simpler substances that make up a sample of matter
Properties
the characteristics that give each substance a unique identity
Physical Properties
Those which the substance shows by itself without interacting with another substance (such as color, melting point, boiling point, density)
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