Properties of Matter Review

Sugar dissolves into water because sugar has a high _________________.

• thermal conductivity

• electrical conductivity

• solubility

• magnetism

______________ is how easily a material is scratched or dented.

• color

• magenetism

• brittleness

• hardness

___________ describes how well a substance allows heat to pass through it.

• thermal conductivity

• electrical conductivity

• substance

• solution

Name a material that has good thermal conductivity.

• paper

• glass

• copper

• sugar

______________ describes how well a substance allows n electrical current to pass through it.

• reflectivity

• magnetism

• electrical conductivity

• heat

____________ is the ability to attract a magnet.

• metal

• magentism

• water

• brittleness

__________  is the ability to break apart or shatter easily.

• brittleness

• reflectivity

• color

• break

How bright or shiny an object is shows it ______________.

• reflectivity

• shiny

• dull

• bright

Why would the property reflectivity not be good to use when testing gold and iron pyrite to tell them apart?

• They are both gold

• They are both shiny

• They are both soluble

• They are both dull