Chemical and Physical Properties

Which are Physical Properties and which are Chemical Properties

Groups:

(a) Physical Property

,

(b) Chemical Property

• malleability

• precipitate is formed

• change in temperature

• melting point

• viscosity

• gas is formed

• conductivity

• change in color

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All samples of the same substance have the same properties because...

• they are made up of the same type of particles and have the same chemical composition

• they are made up of the same particles, but in a different arrangement.

• they are affected by different external factors

• they have a non-uniform and random composition

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Reorder the following by molecule size.

Smallest to Largest

• colloid

• suspension

• solution

Which is not an element?

• Sodium

• Oxygen

• Water

• Aluminum

A compound _________

• has a fixed composition

• always contains chemical compounds.

• always has at least one oxygen

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Solutions are divided into one of two categories: (a)   and (b)   mixtures.

• Heterogeneous

• Homogeneous

• Solid

• Liquid

We use physical properties to

• determine flammability and reactivity

• choose material for a specific use

• identify and describe matter

• predict the weather

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The most common methods for separating mixtures are

• filtration, distillation, evaporation, and chromatography

• boiling, burning, heating, and cooling

• freezing, melting, condensation, and solidification

• mixing, whipping, shaking, and combining

Which is not a chemical property?

• Flammability

• Reactivity

• Precipitate

• Melting point

Add the missing labels to the picture

a

b

c

d

viscosity

Chemical Change

precipitate

Physical Change

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