🔬 Part 1: Understanding Properties

1. What is the difference between physical and chemical properties?

Physical properties can be observed without changing the substance; chemical properties describe how a substance reacts

Physical properties are invisible; chemical properties are visible

Physical properties only apply to solids; chemical properties apply to liquids

There is no difference between them

2. Which of these are physical properties? (Check all that apply)

Colour (kleur)

Flammability (brandbaar)

Texture (tekstuur)

Reactivity with acid

Melting point (smeltpunt)

3. When vinegar reacts with baking soda and bubbles form, this demonstrates a:

Physical property

Chemical property

Neither

Both physical and chemical

📝 Part 2: Investigation Recording

4. Complete this investigation table for the materials you observed:

Material 1: _________________

Physical Properties: ________________________________

Chemical Properties: _______________________________

Material 2: _________________

Physical Properties: ________________________________

Chemical Properties: _______________________________

5. Write these property words in Afrikaans:

Colour: _____________ Texture: _____________

Flammable: _____________ Boiling Point: _____________

6. Explain why understanding matter properties helps us be good stewards of God's creation:

🤔 Part 3: Apply Your Learning

7. A student heats ice until it becomes water, then steam. Are these physical or chemical changes? Explain your reasoning:

8. Why is it important to know if a material is flammable (brandbaar) before using it?

9. Give one example of how understanding chemical properties could help protect the environment:

Matter Properties Investigation

Matter Properties Investigation

🔬 Part 1: Understanding Properties

📝 Part 2: Investigation Recording

🤔 Part 3: Apply Your Learning

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