Chemical and Physical Properties of Matter

Determine whether the observation describes a physical or a chemical property of matter:

Gold does not tend to tarnish or interact with other substances.

• Physical Property

• Chemical Property

The amount of matter in an object is a measure of the object's ________________.

• volume
• density
• mass
• solubility

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-7

A chemical property ....

• is observed with the senses

• indicates how a substance reacts with something else

• is measured

• is determined without destroying the object.

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-1

Boiling point of water is 100^oC

• physical property

• chemical property

Silver is shiny

• physical property

• chemical property

Sugar is soluble (dissolves) in water.

• physical property

• chemical property

A copper pot turns green when left outside.

• physical property

• chemical property

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A physical property ....

• is measured or observed with the senses without destroying the object.

• indicates how a substance reacts with something else

You're asked to identify these liquids based on color. Would that be an intensive or extensive property?

• intensive

• extensive

• both

• neither

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

In a lab, you're asked to measure an item's mass. Is that an intensive or extensive property?

• intensive

• extensive

• both

• neither