Chemistry: Matter and Change
Chemistry: Matter and Change
1st Edition
ISBN: 9780078746376
Author: Dinah Zike, Laurel Dingrando, Nicholas Hainen, Cheryl Wistrom
Publisher: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Pub Co
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Chapter 4, Problem 38A
Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

Matter should be defined with two everyday examples.

Concept introduction:

Any substance that has mass and occupies space by having a fixed volume is matter. Everything that exists is a matter.

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Answer to Problem 38A

Any substance having a mass and space whose volume can be calculated is matter.

Explanation of Solution

Any substance that has mass and occupies space by having a fixed volume is matter.

The basic building of matter is atoms that consists three subatomic particle, protons, neutrons and electrons.

The two everyday examples of matter are: Table and chair.

Chapter 4 Solutions

Chemistry: Matter and Change

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