Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter

Matter is

• a form of energy
• a type of chemical reaction
• anything that is visible to the eye
• anything that has mass and takes up space

A characteristic that can be observed or measured without changing the substance.

• Chemical property
• Biological property
• Physical property
• Thermal property

A characteristic that describes a substance’s ability to react and form new substances.

• Chemical property

• Electrical property

• Physical property

• Thermal property

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What is mass?

• Mass is the amount of matter in an object.
• Mass is the speed of an object.
• Mass is the force exerted by gravity.
• Mass is a measure of temperature.

The amount of space an object takes up is its

• weight
• density
• volume
• mass

The amount of mass in a given volume (mass ÷ volume).

• Volume
• Density
• Weight
• Energy

What is an element?

• An element is made of only one type of atom.

• An element is a type of molecule made of two or more atoms.
• An element is a mixture of different atoms.
• An element can be broken down into simpler substances.

A substance made of two or more elements chemically combined.

• Solution
• Mixture
• Element
• Compound

The smallest unit of an element is called what?

• molecule
• electron

• compound
• atom

A positively charged particle in the nucleus of an atom.

• Proton
• Particle

• Neutron
• Electron