Properties of Matter

A characteristic of matter that can be observed and/or measured without changing the identity of the substance.

• Physical Properties

• Chemical Properties

The amount of mass in an object or substance compared to its volume.

• Density

• Solubility

• Luster

• Physical properties

• Chemical properties

________ conductivity is how well an electrical current can move through a substance.

• Electrical

• Thermal

• Physical

• Chemical

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

The rate at which a substance transfers heat.

• Electrical conductivity

• Thermal conductivity

• Malleability

• Melting point

• Boiling point

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The ability of one substance to dissolve when put into another substance.

• Physical property

• Chemical property

• Melting point

• Solubility

• Malleability

Luster is_______________.

• an object's melting point

• an object's boiling point

• how shiny an object is

• an object's magnetic attraction

The temperature at which a substance boils.

• Melting point

• Boiling point

• Thermal conductivity

• Electrical conductivity

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

An object's melting point is_____________________.

• the temperature at which a substance boils

• the temperature at which a substance goes from a solid to a liquid

• a physical characteristic

• a chemical charateristic

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The chemical properties of matter_____________________.

• refers to a substance's ability to change into a new and different substance.

• a change to a subject without changing what it is

• is a change to how a substance looks

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

_______________ is a substance's ability to burn or not burn.

• Malleability

• Magnetic attraction

• Flammability

• Reactivity

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4