Exploring Physical and Chemical Properties and Changes

What is matter?

• Anything that is solid

• Anything that can be seen and touched

• Anything that is liquid

• Anything that has mass and takes up space

Which of the following is a physical property?

• Rusting

• Reactivity

• Burning

• Color

What happens to the composition of matter when observing physical properties?

• It changes

• It disappears

• It becomes a new substance

• It remains the same

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Which of the following is an example of a chemical property?

• Density

• Reactivity

• Volume

• Shape

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What does a chemical property describe?

• How a substance changes from one to another

• The color of a substance

• The mass of a substance

• The volume of a substance

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

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Which of the following is a physical change?

• Baking a cake

• Boiling water

• Rusting iron

• Burning wood

What is a characteristic of a chemical change?

• It can be easily reversed

• It forms new substances

• It only changes the shape

• It does not change the identity of the substance

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Which of the following is an example of a physical change?

• Burning paper

• Rusting iron

• Crushing a can

• Baking a cake

What type of change is food ripening?

• Both physical and chemical change

• Chemical change

• No change

• Physical change

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What type of change occurs when wax melts away from the flame of a burning candle?

• Both physical and chemical change

• No change

• Physical change

• Chemical change

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