Properties of Matter

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What is a property?

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A characteristic or quality of a substance.

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What is a chemical property?

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A property of matter that can only be observed by changing the basic nature of the matter.

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What is an example of water's solid state?

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Ice in a skating rink.

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What are physical properties?

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Properties of matter that can be measured or observed without changing the basic nature of the matter.

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What is melting?

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The process of a solid becoming a liquid.

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What is matter?

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Anything that has mass and takes up space.

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What is a physical change?

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A change that affects one or more physical properties of a substance without altering its chemical composition.

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What is a solid?

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A state of matter that has a definite shape and volume.

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What is a liquid?

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A state of matter that has a definite volume but takes the shape of its container.

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What is a gas?

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A state of matter that has no definite shape or volume.