Characteristics of Matter Chemistry

Color is what type of property?

• Physical

• Chemical

Reactivity is what type of property?

• Physical

• Chemical

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What is a sign of a physical change?

• Bubbles forming

• Color changing

• Stretching

• Producing heat

What is a sign of a chemical change?

• Stretching

• Tearing

• Compressing

• Bubbles

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What happens to the atoms of a substance in a physical change?

• Atoms get bigger

• Atoms change their arrangement and motion

• Atoms get smaller

• Atoms bond together differently

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What happens to the atoms of a substance in a chemical change?

• Atoms get bigger

• Atoms change their arrangement and motion

• Atoms get smaller

• Atoms bond together differently

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Which of the following changes is a physical change of matter?

• water evaporating

• paper burning

• a nail rusting

• a silver spoon tarnishing

Which of these observations would likely be an indication of a chemical change?

• A change in odor when two substances are mixed

• A change in temperature when a hot substance is left standing in air

• A change in volume as a substance is heated

• The disappearance of a liquid as it boils

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You mixed two liquids and a precipitate formed, what kind of change occured?

• Physical

• Chemical

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What happens when sugar dissolves in water?

• Physical change because a new substance is formed

• Chemical change because a new substance is formed

• Physical change because the sugar is just getting smaller

• Chemical change because the sugar is just getting smaller

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