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Physical property
Building Blocks of physical property
Term | Definition |
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Physical property | a property that can be observed without changing the identity of an object |
Mass | a measure of the amount of matter in an object |
Density | the amount of matter in a certain volume of a substance; found by dividing the mass of an object by its volume |
Buoyancy | the upward push of a liquid or a gas on an object placed in it |
Conduction | .the passing of heat through a material while the material itself stays in place |
Magnetism | the ability of an object to push or pull on another object that has the magnetic property |
Light transmission | the movement of light through a substance or object |