General Chemistry Online: Companion Notes: Matter: Classifying properties

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Measurement

Classifying properties

1. Which of the following is an extensive property of coffee in a mug?

2. In order to decide whether a property is chemical or physical, you must know whether

	chemical or physical changes occur when the property is measured
	the property is intrinsic or extrinsic
	measuring the property changes mass or energy
	the property involves matter or energy
	the property is extensive or intensive

3. Which of the following is a physical property?

temperature

explosiveness

flammability

corrosiveness

toxicity

4. Which of the following is a chemical property of a slice of chocolate cake?

color

temperature

volume

dietary calories

mass

5. The specific volume of a substance is the the volume per gram of substance. Specific volume is an example of

	a chemical, intensive property		a physical, intensive property
	a chemical, extensive property		a physical, extensive property