PROPERTIES OF MATTER

PROPERTIES OF MATTER

1. Definition

   • Anything that has mass, occupies volume and has properties that we can measure
   • Properties
     • Are those qualities that describe and identify it
     • Extensives
       • Depend on the amount of matter that is present. Mass and volume.
     • Intensive
       • Don't depend on the amount of matter that is present. Colour, hardness, smoothness

2. Measurement

   • Is a method of determining how much there is of a specific quantity relative to an established standard unit of measurement .
   • Quantitative
     • Are those that we can count and measure. Distance or time
   • Qualitative
     • Are those that we can't count or measure. Taste, smell, these properties don't have a standard unit of measurement.
   • Quantities
     • A quantity is defined as anything that can be measured, such as length, mass, time, force ...
   • Units
     • A unit is a standard used to measure a quantity
   • International System of Units
     • A system of units is a scientific method of expressing the values of quantities using their corresponding units of measurements
     • Length
     • Mass
     • Area

3. Mass

   • Amount of matter in something

4. Volume

   • Is the amount of space occupied by something
   • Density
     • Mathematically, density is defined as mass divided by volume: