Chemical and Physical Properties

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What is a chemical property?

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A characteristic of a substance that can only be observed during a chemical reaction, such as reactivity, flammability, or acidity.

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What is a physical property?

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A characteristic of a substance that can be observed or measured without changing the substance's identity, such as color, boiling point, or density.

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Which of the following is a physical property: rusting, boiling, rotting, or burning?

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Boiling.

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What is matter?

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Anything that occupies space and possesses mass.

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What is volume?

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The measure of how much space an object takes up.

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What is weight?

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The measure of the amount of gravitational pull on an object.

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What are the three states of matter?

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Solid, liquid, and gas.

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Which state of matter has a definite shape and volume?

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Solid.

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Which state of matter has a definite volume but no definite shape?

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Liquid.

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Which state of matter has molecules that move fastest and spread to fill the space they are in?

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Gas.