Properties of Matter

Anything that has mass and takes up space

• matter

• physical change

• chemical change

• light

A characteristic of matter that can be observed or measured without changing the identity of matter and is determined by your senses.

• matter

• physical property

• chemical property

• density

Which of the following is NOT an example of a physical property?

• odor

• malleability

• reacting with water

• conductivity

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What is Ductility?

• how easily a substance can be scratched

• smell

• ability for an object to be smashed into thin sheets

• ability for an object to be made into thin wires

What is a chemical property?

• a characteristic of matter that you have to test to see

• what an object looks like

• amount of matter in a given space

• the smallest whole unit of matter

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Which of the following is NOT a chemical property?

• flammability

• luster

• Reactivity w/ oxygen

• reactivity with water

The smallest whole unit of matter/ the basic particle from which elements are made is...

• mixtures

• compounds

• atom

• element

Pure substances that cannot be broken down further and are made of 1 type of atom is called

• elements

• atoms

• mixture

• compound

2+ elements that are chemically combined in a set ratio are..

• atom

• element

• compounds

• mixtures

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

2+ elements that are PHYSICALLY combined are called...

• atom

• element

• compounds

• mixtures