Properties of matter How do you describe stuff

Properties of matter How do you describe stuff And Identify it?

What is matter? • Anything that has ______ • And occupies ________ • Which means it has a ______

Two kinds of properties • A Property is something we use to _______ matter. • Non-characteristic properties • Gives lots of _______ about an ______ piece of matter. • Characteristic properties • _______ matter

Non-characteristic properties • A regular property or ____________ property gives you hints about what a substance is. • If you have_____of them it can help you _____the choice but does ____ identify a substance.

Here are some examples • Mass (measured in _______) • Volume (measured in _______) • State of matter (Is it a ______, a _______ or a ______? ) • Temperature ( measured in ____) • Acidity (is it ______, _____ or _______)

Characteristic properties • Some properties are so special that they are only true for _________. • We call these _________ properties. • These properties are used to _______ substances

Here are some examples • Density Ratio of the mass to the volume • (how much stuff is there in this space) • D= ______ • The temperature of a phase change • Boiling point – the temperature it is when it changes from a ______to a _______. • Melting point – The temperature it is when it changes from a _______to a ____.

To sum up Non characteristic Properties • • • __________________ Characteristic Properties • ___________________