Physical Properties © Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. 94-4367 Visit www.newpathlearning.com for Online Learning Resources. Use Your Senses A property is a feature, trait or characteristic and is used to describe an object. Physical properties that can be identified with your senses include color, odor, shape, hardness and texture. For example, you can smell the odor of a rose, see its color and shape, and feel its texture. Measuring Matter While we can use our senses to identify many physical properties of matter, some properties are measurable. • soft • white grams 10.00 • soft • white grams 10.00 Physical properties that can be measured include mass, volume, density, temperature, and attraction to magnets. Each is measured with a different tool. Scientists use the metric system when measuring matter. grams 50.00 90 100 110 120 130 140 80 70 60 10 20 30 40 50 150 grams 50.00 90 100 110 120 130 140 80 70 60 10 20 30 40 50 150 grams 50.00 90 100 110 120 130 140 80 70 60 10 20 30 40 50 150 gr ams 50.00 90 100 110 120 130 140 80 70 60 10 20 30 40 50 150 grams 50.00 90 100 110 120 130 140 80 70 60 10 20 30 40 50 150 length magnetic mass volume temperature Matter can be long or short. Matter has mass.
© Copyright NewPath Learning. All Rights Reserved. 94-4367 Visit www.newpathlearning.com for Online Learning Resources. Pause & Review Which properties of matter can be identified using your senses? Which can be measured? Properties that can be Identified with Your Senses _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ Properties that can be Measured _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ Physical Properties grams 50.00 90 100 110 120 130 140 80 70 60 10 20 30 40 50 150 grams 50.00 90 100 110 120 130 140 80 70 60 10 20 30 40 50 150 temperature shape texture hardness volume color odor mass magnetic length
