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- density
- the physical property that relates the mass of an object to its volume; mass per unit volume
- specific heat
- the amount of heat that will raise the temperature of 1 g of a substance by 1degree C
- mass
- a measure of the amount of matter in an object
- temperature
- the measure of how hot or cold an object is
- physical quantity
- a physical property that can be measured
- unit
- a defined quantity used as a standard of measurement
- specific gravity
- the density of a substance divided by the density of water at the same temperature
- weight
- a measure of the gravitational force that the earth or other large body exerts on an object
- energy
- the capacity to do work or supply heat
- SI units
- units of measurement defined by the internat'l System of units