material science

what is a physical property

Characteristics that you can observe WITHOUT creating a new substance

Does a physical property change if you change the amount you have of the substance

NO- it is still the same substance

What is a conductivity

Ability to have energy/hear move thru object

What is a solubility?

Ability to dissolve

What is mass?

amount of matter in a substance?

what is weight

force of gravitational pull

what affects the amount of gravity

amount of matter-more matter=more gravity

what is volume

amount of space in object takes up

What is density?

How much matter is in a certain volume

how do you do water displacement

put an object in water see how much the water rises subtracted levels to find volume

what are the particles in a solid

close and vibrating with little energy

what are the particles in a liquid like

medium distance and slide past each other with medium energy

What are the particles in a gas like

far apart, and moving with lots of energy