Quiz 2.2 Properties of Matter

What word is the best synonym for a property (of matter)?

• Behavior

• Characteristic

• Name

• Texture

A basketball has more mass than a golf ball because ___.

• the basketball takes up more space

• the basketball contains more matter

• the golf ball contains a different kind of matter

• the golf ball has an indefinite composition

Natasha has eight years old. She is growing fast! She is 5 centimeters taller than last year! Height can be classified as an ___ property.

• intensive

• extensive

• inherent

• extraordinary

Mark has decided to buy something for Penelope, the love of his life, a priceless love! He has bought her a necklace, and a pair of earrings with rubies on them! "They'll look beautiful on her," he thinks to himself. The distinctive red color of ruby is an ____ property.

• intensive

• extensive

• important

• expanding

Which term does not fit with the others listed?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Reactant

Physical properties of a substance include:

• odor (or smell)

• texture

• melting point

• state (of matter)

One of your friends wrote in their notebook, "A substance does not have a fixed composition." He/She showed you their note. What should you tell him/her?

• Great! That is true!

• Oh no! Only gases do not have a fixed composition.

• You're wrong! Substances do have a fixed composition.

• Please correct: A substance does not have fixed properties.

Which physical properties allow you to distinguish between ethanol and water?

• State

• Color

• Melting point

• Boiling point

All of the following are general characteristics of a substance in the liquid state except ___.

• definite volume

• ability to flow

• not compressible

• definite shape

Examples of physical changes include ___.

• freezing and melting

• boiling and condensing

• cutting and grinding

• burning and rusting