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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| we often describe a substance on the basis of its | properties or characteristics |
| knowing the properties that materials have allows us to easily | identify, classify, and find ways to use them |
| 2 main types of properties that a material can have | physcial properties and chemical properties |
| a materials natural color is a | physcial property |
| iron and nickel are | magnetic |
| allow light to pass through them | transparent |
| measures how much matter is in a certain amount of space | density |
| measure of how well energy is reflected from the surface of a material | reflectivity |
| materials that are good conductors can transfer thermal energy and eletricty well | conductivty |
| how much a material can bend without breaking | flexibility |
| are the temperatures that a substance will boil or melt at | boiling and melting point |
| a measure of how easily a substance can catch fire and how well it burns or can spread the fire in the presence of oxygen | flammability |
| refers to how a harmful a chemical or substance is to living things | toxicity |
| refers to how easily a substance will chemically react wih another substance | reactivty |