Physical and Chemical Properties and Changes

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What is hardness in materials?

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Hardness is a measure of a material's ability to resist scratching or indentation by another material.

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What type of property is the ability to rust?

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The ability to rust is a chemical property.

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What are examples of chemical changes?

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Examples of chemical changes include paper burning and metal rusting.

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What is a chemical property of a substance that burns when a flame is applied?

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The ability to burn is a chemical property of the substance.

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What are chemical properties of matter?

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Chemical properties of matter can only be observed when matter undergoes a change to become a different kind of matter.

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What is a physical property?

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

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What is a chemical change?

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A chemical change is a process that transforms one substance into a different substance with different properties.

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What is malleability?

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Malleability is the ability of a material to be shaped or deformed without breaking.

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What is density?

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Density is the mass of a substance divided by its volume, often expressed in grams per cubic centimeter (g/cm³).

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What is conductivity?

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Conductivity is the ability of a material to conduct electricity or heat.