Name:
Period:
The Physical and Chemical
Properties of Matter:
Introduction and Task:
Everything around us has physical and chemical properties. But what are
physical and chemical properties, and how can you tell the difference???
In this WebQuest you will find out what physical and chemical properties
are. Then you will look at different objects and participate in specific
activities to determine what some specific physical and chemical properties
are.
You MUST complete Parts I and II FIRST. Then, you will need to
complete all other parts of this assignment. After you have finished, you can
answer the final question.
Remember to highlight you answers!
Part I: Definitions
Search for a good website that has the definitions of both physical and chemical
properties.
Website URL:
Physical Property definition:
3 examples of Physical Properties:
Chemical Property definition:
3 examples of Chemical Properties:
Part II: Chemical and Physical Changes
Search for a good website that has the definitions of both physical and chemical
changes.
Website URL:
Physical Change definition:
3 examples of a Physical Change:
Chemical Change definition:
3 examples of a Chemical Change:
From your research, identify the differences between properties and changes?
Part III: Your Glowing Teeth
Read through a TLC cooking report to answer the following questions:
1. What property causes substances to glow or become luminous, when they are
scratched, crushed or rubbed?
2. Is triboluminescence a physical property or chemical property? Explain your
reasoning.
3. What kind of lifesaver is an example of a substance with this property?
4. What other substances might share the same property as this lifesaver?
Part IV: The Death of Pizza
Look at your digestive system at the kids’ health website and answer the following
questions:
1. What starts chemical changes in food?
2. Are the following Physical or Chemical changes?
a. The teeth tear off a bite of pizza.
b. The starch in the pizza crust turns to sugar.
c. Muscles squeeze the chewed pizza down your esophagus.
d. In the intestines, liquids from the kidneys and pancreas mix with leftovers
from the stomach.
e. Water is recycled back into your body.
Part V: Rock Your World
Look at the rock cycle. Are the following changes that rocks go through physical
or chemical changes?
1. Weathering:
2. Deposition:
3: Heat and Pressure:
4: Melting:
5. Cooling:
6. Compacting:
7. Cementing:
Part VI: You are my Sunshine.
Look at this description of the sun. Come up with 5 descriptions of the sun’s
chemical and/or physical properties? Tell why.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Part VII: There's a Fungus Among Us
Using the internet, take a look at the world of fungi. Determine if the following
are chemical or physical properties?
1. ___________ Many Club Fungi look like umbrellas growing from the ground.
2. ___________ Some Club Fungi are deadly or hallucinogenic.
3. ___________ Sac fungi help produce beer and bread.
4. ___________ All lichens but one are believed to be non-poisonous.
5. ___________ Old Man's Beard is a green-gray lichen that hangs from trees.
6. ___________ Black morels, a Sac Fungi, look like pebbles or pine cones.
Part VIII: The Final Question:
Look around you right now. Describe 3 different objects that are near to you by
using words that describe their physical properties, then something near you using
words that describe its chemical properties.
Physical Properties (at least 5 physical properties each)
Item 1.
Item 2.
Item 3.
Chemical Property (at least 3 chemical properties each)
Item 1.
Item 2.
Item 3.