matter has observable properties
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- electric properties
- some substances are better conductors of electricity
- melting point
- the lowest temperature at which a substance starts to become a liquid
- evaporation
- the process by which a liquid becomes a gas
- physical properties
- properties you can observe, use your senses
- physical change
- a change in a substance that may change appearance, but not the substance itself
- solubility
- the capability of a substance to dissolve in a liquid
- freezing point
- the temperature at which a liquid becomes a solid
- density
- a measure of the compactness of a substance
- boiling
- the process by which a liquid becomes a gas and includes the formation of bubbles
- boiling point
- the temperature at which a liquid forms bubbles
- condensation
- the process by which a gas becomes a liquid
- heating properties
- substances respond to varying temperatures in different ways
- sublimation
- the process by which a solid changes directly into a gas
- freezing
- the process by which a liquid becomes a solid
- magnetic properties
- some substances are more attracted to magnets than others
- melting
- the process by which a solid becomes a liquid