1. The Point of Today
Distinguish between physical and chemical properties.
Give examples of physical and chemical properties.

2. Physical Properties How would you describe someone or something?
The weight, height, length, eye color, hair color, etc. would be good items to use to describe someone.
It is easy to identify chemicals, compounds and elements based on their physical properties also.
These include color, odor, and state of matter to name a few.

3. Physical Property
Any characteristic of a material that you can observe without changing the chemical nature of the matter.
EXAMPLES:
Color
Brittleness
Shape
Size / Mass
Density
Boiling Point
Melting Point
State
Temperature

4. Chemical properties describe how substances form new substances.
Chemical Property
Depends on the action of the substance in the presence of other substances or added energy (including heat).
A characteristic of a substance that indicates if it can undergo a certain chemical change.
Chemical properties describe how substances form new substances.

5. Chemical Property EXAMPLES: Flammable Combustable
Reacts with oxygen in air
Reacts with water
Reacts with acid
Is decomposed by electricity
Produces a gas when heated
Forms a new substance in the presence of a base
Changes in the presence of light

6. The Point of Today
Distinguish between physical and chemical properties.
Give examples of physical and chemical properties.