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Physical Properties
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES: Characteristics that you can observe or measure (without making a chemical change)
Examples of physical properties: color, taste, phase (solid, liquid, gas), density, melting point, boiling point, ability to conduct electricity
PHYSICAL CHANGE: The physical property changes.
The ice cube melts. (phase change)
Physical changes can be reversed.
A melted ice cube can refreeze again.
Simply speaking, physical property means anything we can observe with our physical senses. Hey, that makes sense!
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