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vocab quiz 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is viscosity? | its resistance to flow |
| what is a physical property? | any characteristic of a material that can be observed or measured without changing the composition of the substances in the material |
| what is conductivity? | a materials ability to flow heat or electric charges to flow |
| what is malleability? | the ability of a solid to be hammered without shattering |
| what is melting point? | the temperature at which a substance changes from a solid to a liquid |
| what is boiling point? | the temperature at which a substance boils |
| what is filtration? | a process that separates materials based on the size of of their particles |
| what is distillation? | a process that separates the substances in a solution based on their boiling points |
| what is a physical change? | a change that occurs when some properties of a material change but the substances in the material stay the same |
| chemical property | any property that produces a change in the composition of matter |
| flammability | a materials ability to burn in the presence of oxygen |
| reactivity | the property that describes how readily a substance combines chemically with other substances |
| chemical change | change that occurs when a substance reacts and forms one or more new substances |
| precipitate | a solid that forms and separates from a liquid |