Propreties

Question 1

What are the different properties?

Answer 1

Physical
Chemical
Characteristic
Non-characteristic

Question 2

What are properties?

Answer 2

Any characteristic of a substance.

Question 3

What are physical properties? Give an example.

Answer 3

They describe the characteristics of a substance. An example is colour, shape, size, odour, mass, volume.

Question 4

What are chemical properties? Give an example.

Answer 4

They identify a change that happens when two or more substances combine to form a new substance. An example is flammability, combustibility, reaction to anything.

Question 5

What is a characteristic property? Give an example.

Answer 5

They identify a specific substance. An example is density, melting point, boiling point.

Question 6

What is a non-characteristic property. Give an example.

Answer 6

It can help identify a specific substance but cannot identify it. An example is colour, texture, size, mass.

Question 7

Name physical properties.

Answer 7

Density
Taste
Colour
Odour
Hardness
Luster
Electromotive
Solubility
Boiling point 
Melting point

Question 8

Name chemical properties.

Answer 8

Reacts with anything
Supports combustion
Neutralizes with a base
Neutralizes an acid
Flammability
Solubility

Question 9

What is the difference between a characteristic property and a non-characteristic property?

Answer 9

Characteristic properties identify a substance, while a non-characteristic property may help but it will not identify it.