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Properties Of Matter Flashcards

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What is a property?

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A characteristic that can be used to identify a substance it can either be qualitative or quantitative

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What is a physical property?

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Characteristics of matter that are observed or measured without changing its identity [mass, weight, volume]

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What is the physical property– The temperature went to liquid begins to boil?

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Boiling point

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What is the physical property – ability of an object to break apart or shatter easily?

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Brittleness

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What is the physical property – either transparent [clear], translucent [cloudy], or opaque [no light gets through]?

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Clarity

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What is the physical property – e.g. red, orange, yellow?

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Colour

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What is the physical property – amount of mass per unit volume of that matter?

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Density

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What is the physical property – ability to be stretched into a long wire like shape?

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Ductility

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What is the physical property – definite geometric pattern?

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Shape

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What is the physical property – determined by the resistance of being scratched, given a scale of 1 to 10 with diamond being rated a 10?

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Hardness

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What is the physical property – ability for an object to reflect light [e.g. shiny]?

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Luster

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The physical property – ability for substance to be hammered or bent into different shapes?

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Malleability

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The physical property – the temperature when a solid melts?

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Melting point

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What is the physical property – e.g. burnt, flowery, putrid, spicy?

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Oudor

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What is the physical property – ability of a substance [solute] to dissolve in a solvent such as water?

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Solubility

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Does the physical property – condition of being a solid, liquid, or gas?

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State of matter

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What is the physical property – e.g. sweet, sour, salty?

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Taste

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What is the physical property – the “feel” of an object [e.g. silky, waxy]?

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Texture

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What is the physical property – the resistance of a liquid to flow?

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Viscosity

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What is the physical property – amount of matter?

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Mass

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What is the physical property – amount of gravitational pull on an object?

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Weight

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What is the physical property – amount of space an object takes up?

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Volume

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What is the physical property – ability to transfer heat and/or electricity through it?

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Conductivity

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What is a chemical property?

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How a substance reacts or fails to react with another substance

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What is the chemical property – the ability of a substance to burn?

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Flammability/combustibility

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What is the chemical property – some substances react when put in water//some substances react when put in acid?

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Reactivity

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