8th Grade Unit 6, Lesson 2 Practice

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What is a physical property?

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A characteristic of a substance that can be observed or measured without changing its chemical identity.

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What is a chemical property?

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A characteristic of a substance that describes its ability to change into different substances through chemical reactions.

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Is 'magnetic' a physical or chemical property?

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Physical property.

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What does a chemical property describe?

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How matter reacts with another type of matter.

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What happens when you observe the physical properties of a substance?

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Observing physical properties has no effect on the substance.

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Is 'reacts with air' a physical or chemical property?

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Chemical property.

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Is 'odor' a physical or chemical property?

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Physical property.

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Give an example of a physical property.

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Color, mass, volume, density, melting point.

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Give an example of a chemical property.

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Flammability, reactivity with acids, oxidation states.

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What is the difference between physical and chemical changes?

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Physical changes do not alter the chemical composition of a substance, while chemical changes do.