3.1 Properties of Matter

A change to a substance without forming a new substance, such as changing size or state of matter

• conductivity

• hardness

• physical change

• physical properties

Characteristics that can be observed or measured; for example, color, melting point, and conductivity

• conductivity

• hardness

• physical change

• physical properties

Molecules in a ______ have no shape and no volume.

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• neither

Molecules in a ________ have definite shape and definite volume.

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• neither

Molecules in a _____ have definite volume and no shape.

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• neither

Solubility, the ability to dissolve, is a --- property.

• Chemical

• Physical

Reactivity (bubbling, fizzing) is a --- property.

• Chemical

• Physical

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Ductility, the ability to be stretched into thin wires, is a --- property.

• Chemical

• Physical

Combustion or exploding, is a --- property.

• Chemical

• Physical

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Malleability, the ability to be flattened into thin sheets, is a ---property.

• Physical

• Chemical