Intensive and Extensive Properties of Matter

True or False: Multiplying two or three extensive properties (e.g. length, width, height) results in an intensive property.

• True

• False

Intensive or Extensive Property: Number of moles

• Intensive

• Extensive

Intensive or Extensive Property: Volume

• Intensive

• Extensive

Which of the following is an intensive property?

• Mass

• Melting point

• Volume

• Weight

The boiling point of a substance is considered which type of property?

• Chemical

• Extensive

• Intensive

• Physical

Why is solubility considered an intensive property?

• It depends on the amount of substance present.

• It changes with the state of matter.

• It does not change when the amount of substance changes.

• It is a measure of how much matter is present.

Which of the following is NOT a reason why melting point is considered an intensive property?

• It does not depend on the size of the sample.

• It is characteristic of a particular substance.

• It changes with the amount of substance.

• It helps in identifying a substance.

What property depends on the amount of matter that is present. An extensive property is considered additive for subsystems.

• Intensive Property

• density

• Extensive Property

• state of matter

What is the best description of an intensive property?

• a property of matter that does not change as the amount of matter changes

• a property of matter that depends on sample size

What is the best description of extensive property?

• a property of matter that does not change as the amount of matter changes

• a property of matter that depends on sample size