Describing Matter

The physical property that makes metal pots good for cooking is

• flexibility
• electrical conductiviity
• flammability
• heat conductivity

Which of the following is true about matter?

• It is a solid that takes up space.
• It has mass and takes up space.
• It has mass and is usually a liquid.
• It is always a substance.

Which of the following is not true about a pool of water and a piece of ice?

• They have the some composition
• They are in different states of matter.
• They have different chemical properties.
• They have different physical properties.

Characteristics used to describe matter are called

• physical properties
• chemical properties
• both A and B
• neither A nor B

Solid, liquid. and gas are the three ___________ of matter.

• options
• states/phases
• providences
• molecules

______________ is the study of matter and the changes in matter.

• biology
• physics
• geology
• chemistry

The ability of iron to rust is a(n) ____________ property.

• physical
• substance
• chemical
• solid

A(n) ________ is a single kind of matter that has a specific composition.

• substance
• mixture
• atom
• solid

Another term for the ability to burn is _________

• ingneous
• volcanic
• chemical
• flammability

The metal tungsten is used in incandescent light bulbs because of its property of ____________

• conduction of heat
• conduction of light
• conduction of electricity
• flexibility