Physical Properties

A property of matter that can be observed without changing the

matters identity.

Examples of Physical Properties

• Color• Length• Area• Volume• Mass• Texture• Odor

If a person measured the length of something, say a wooden baseball bat,…

…it would still be a wooden baseball bat. Its identity does not change just because its length gets measured.

If we cut the bat into little pieces…

…cutting would still be considered a physical property, because the wood would still be wood, just in smaller pieces.

There is not a new substance created.

If you crush glass…

…it is still glass.

No new substance is created.

Changing water between solid, liquid and gas is a change of state…

…but it is still water. No new substance is created.

Make a list of other properties that you could observe that would not change the makeup of the substance.