Properties & Changes

What is a physical property?

• Describes how it can react in a chemical reaction
• Describes the appearance or characteristics of a substance
• Creation of a new substance with new properties
• Change in appearance of a substance

What is a physical change?

• Describes how it can react in a chemical reaction
• Describes the appearance or characteristics of a substance
• Creation of a new substance with new properties
• Change in appearance of a substance

What is a chemical property?

• Describes how it can react in a chemical reaction
• Describes the appearance or characteristics of a substance
• Creation of a new substance with new properties
• Change in appearance of a substance

What is a chemical change?

• Describes how it can react in a chemical reaction
• Describes the appearance or characteristics of a substance
• Creation of a new substance with new properties
• Change in appearance of a substance

Determine if the following properties are physical or chemical. Which is true?

• Color is a chemical property
• Burning is a chemical property
• Weight is a chemical property
• Hardness is a chemical property

Determine if the following properties are physical or chemical. Which is true?

• Reaction with acid is a physical property
• Boiling point is a chemical property
• Density is a chemical property
• Rusting is a chemical property

Determine if the following changes are physical or chemical. Which is true?

• Sharpening a pencil is a chemical change
• Evaporating water is a chemical change
• Rusting steel wool is a chemical change
• Mixing sand and water is a chemical change

Determine if the following changes are physical or chemical. Which is true?

• Burning a pencil is a chemical change
• Freezing water is a chemical change
• Spray painting a car is a chemical change
• Melting ice cream is a chemical change

Which is true?
Mixing acid and water is a...

• Mixing acid and sugar is a chemical change
• Mixing acid and sugar is a physical property
• Mixing acid and sugar is a physical change
• Mixing acid and sugar is a chemical property