What’s the Matter?What are properties of matter?

Mrs. Haering’s class

Physical Properties of Matter

• Color• State• Smell• Taste• Can you name physical properties of

cheese?

Physical Change

• A physical change changes what the object looks like without changing what the object is made of.

• What could cause a physical change in a piece of cheese?

Melt the cheese Grate the cheese

Cut the cheese Paint the cheese

Chemical Properties of Matter

• A chemical property is a property that describes how a substance reacts with other substances.

• The only way that you can observe a material’s chemical property is to change the material to a different kind of material.

Chemical Change

• During a chemical change, a new substance is formed.

• You can have a chemical change in paper when you burn it, because ashes are a different substance than paper.

Physical or Chemical???

• Chemical Change

Physical or Chemical???

• Chemical Change

Physical or Chemical???

• Physical Change

Physical or Chemical???

• Physical Change