What Can You Sense?
Which property of matter can be sensed by your olfactory receptors?
Odor
Copper, gold and silver can be drawn into thin wires. What property of matter is being described?
ductility
What property of matter describes how easily a substance can dissolve into another substance?
solubility
When you want to start a camp fire, you use paper or dry wood as fuel, not substances like glass or metal. What property of matter is being described?
combustibility
Sour, sweet, salty and bitter, what property of matter are these describing?
Taste
Aluminum is easily hammered into a thin sheet. What property of matter is being described?
malleability
What property of a substance describes how easily it can pour or how thick it is?
viscosity
Diamonds are most famously known for what property of matter?
hardness
Depending on what wavelength of light a substance reflects, your eyes will sense differences in what the substance looks like. What is the property of matter is being sensed by your eyes?
color
Some metals have the ability to be attracted to other metals. What property of matter is being described?
magnetism
Water is completely transparent, maple syrup is translucent, and tar is opaque. What property of matter is being described?
clarity
Some solids, like salt and sugar, take on characteristic geometrical shapes. What property of matter is being described?
crystal form
What property of a substance describes how its surface feels like?
texture
When the temperature rises to 1063°C, gold will go from the solid state to the liquid state. What property of matter is being described?
melting point
Sodium will combust when exposed to a certain substance. What is this substance?
water
At standard room temperature and pressure, mercury is found as a liquid, oxygen is found as a gas and copper is found as a solid. What property of matter is being described?
state of matter
What is the property of a substance that describes how much light reflects off of its surface?
luster
Copper is used for household wiring even though gold would do a better job, however, it is not as cost effective as copper. What property of matter is being described?
electrical conductivity
In a mixture of oil and water, the oil will form a separate layer on top of the water. What property of matter is being described?
density
Every pure substance goes from a liquid to a gas at a specific temperature. What property of matter is being described?
boiling point