What is Matter?

• Anything that has mass and takes up

space
What are the 4 Physical States
• Solids:
of Matter? • Definite shape and volume
• Close packing of molecules
• Strong molecular forces
• Liquids:
• Definite volume but not
definite shape (assumes shape
of container)
• Slightly weaker molecular
forces than solids (this is what
allows liquids to flow)
• Gas:
• No definite shape or volume
• Very weak molecular forces
(which allows gasses to be
greatly compressed)
• Plasma:
• No definite shape or volume
 Mystery Bag Activity
Observations:

Think about it:

• What do you notice that is similar about the observations listed above?
What are Properties? • Characteristics and behaviors we use
to describe matter

• There are 2 types of properties:

• Physical
• Chemical

• Can be observed or measured

without changing the identity of
What are Physical Properties: the matter
• Properties you notice when using
one of your five senses or
measurement tools
• Feel – mass, volume, texture,
malleability
• Sight – color, luster, mass,
volume, density
• Hear
• Smell
• Taste
 • A substances ability to combine
What are Chemical Properties? with or change into a new
substance

• Common chemical properties:

• Reactivity – how likely a

substance it to react with
another substance to create
something new
• Reactive to oxygen
• Reactive to air
• Reactive to water

• Flamability – how likely a

substance is to catch fire

If it CHanges, it’s CHemical

2 Physical & Chemical Properties

Properties can be broken down into two types - physical and chemical properties. What’s
the difference?

Chemical: properties of a pure

Physical: properties of a pure
substance that describe its ability to
substance, we can see without
combine with or change into a new
changing it into a new substance.
substance. Examples:
Examples include:
1. physical state: solid, liquid, gas
1. Flammability
2. color
3. shape 2. Reactivity to water
4. mass 3. Reactivity to air
5. texture
4. Reactivity to oxygen
6. melting (00C) & boiling point (1000C)
7. density
8. solubility in water – the ability to dissolve in ***Notice that Chemical
water Properties are not as easy to
9. odor
notice as Physical Properties.
10. luster – shine
11. malleability – ability to be hammered into
thin sheets
What is a Physical Change? • Changes to a substance that can be
observed without changing its identity
• Examples:
• Size
• Shape
• Change of state –
• Easily reversed
• Ex – water freezes into ice,
boils into water vapor – but
it’s still water
• Dissolving a substance into
another substance –
• Ex – salt dissolves in water –
but they are not chemically
combined – they can be
separated (Distillation)
What is a Chemical Change? • Changes to a substance that
results in an entirely new
substance forming
• Chemical changes are often
much more obvious than
physical changes
• Examples:
• Color change
• Light, heat or energy
released (burning)
• Gasses or solids form
where there were none
before
Examples of Chemical Changes:
• Iron rusting
• Wood burning
• Baking a cake
• Spoiled Milk
• Milk needs to be in the refrigerator or else it will go bad
• If you’ve ever seen or smelled spoiled milk, it is not a pretty
sight
• The milk gets a sour odor and becomes lumpy
• Unlike physical changes, you cannot reverse chemical changes
• You can melt ice to get water and freeze that water to get ice
again
• You cannot make milk unspoiled
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