Matter Properties and Change

Which of the following statements are false?

• Dissolving salt into water is an example of a mixture

• The mass of one piece of paper is the same even after it is ripped in half and the two pieces measured again

• Increasing the temperature of water to a boil is a physical change.

• The formation of a precipitate is the only way to see if a chemical change has occurred.

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Volume is an example of a size-dependent property.

The melting point of silver is a _______.

• chemical change

• chemical property

• physical property

• physical change

What happens to an iron nail when it rusts?

• The nail becomes heavier because rust weighs mort than iron.

• Oxygen in the air dissolves part of the iron.

• the nail becomes lighter because rust heats the iron.

• Iron reacts with oxygen in the air, creating iron oxide.

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All of the following are examples of physical changes EXCEPT _______.

• melting

• evaporating

• burning

• solidifying

The temperature at which a liquid becomes a gas is the ________point.

• freezing

• boiling

• condensation

• melting

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Orange juice being made from fresh oranges

• physical property

• physical change

• chemical property

• chemical change

Plant making food out of water and carbon dioxide

• physical property

• physical change

• chemical property

• chemical change

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Leaves changing colors in the fall

• physical property

• physical change

• chemical property

• chemical change

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The wall was blue

• Physical property

• physical change

• chemical property

• chemical change