Unit+01+-+Physical+Properties+of+Matter

=Unit 01 - Physical Properties of Matter=

1.1 - Defining Matter 1.2 - Mass and Change 1.3 - Mass and Volume 1.4 - States of Matter: Basics

1.1 - Defining Matter
Chemistry is often defined as the study of matter. So what exactly is matter? Some where along the line you probably learned that matter is anything that has mass and takes up space. Well this opens a whole other set of questions; What is mass? What do we mean by Takes up space? How do you measure these things? If we really want to understand what matter is and thereby define it we need to answer these questions.

Let's start with mass. What is it and how do we measure it? Watch the video below and then try to answer the questions that follow: