1. What properties describe matter?
Unit 2
Chemistry
Lesson 1:
Describing Matter
Essential Question:
What properties describe matter?

2. What properties describe matter?
Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space.
Chemistry is the study of matter and how it changes.

3. A substance is a single kind of matter that is pure.
Table salt has the same properties whether it comes from seawater or a salt mine.
Pure water is always the same whether it comes from a glacier or a geyser.

4. Physical Property Chemical Property Properties that describe matter
Can be observed without changing a substance into another substance
Describes the ability of a substance to change into another substance
Properties that describe matter

5. COLOR
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M A T E R I A L S
S I Z E
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