Matching Pairs Physical Properties VocabOnline version Match the physical properties vocaulary word with the correct definition or reason by Scott Pearson 1 Why will sugar seem to disappear in water? 2 Why will a cork float in water? 3 Why is evaporation or boiling used to separate mixtures? 4 Why is filtration used to separate mixtures? 5 Why is a sieve/mesh screen used to separate mixtures? 6 What doesn’t involve the formation of a new kind of matter? 7 What is a mixture of metals? 8 Why will most rocks sink in water? 9 A physical property; for example, round, square, or flat describes what? 10 What is the amount of matter in a given volume? 11 What is one way that helps us to conserve resources? 12 Why is a magnet used to separate mixtures? Allows the tiniest parts of the mixture to pass through the pores and leaving the larger parts Physical change Alloy It will dissolve and become part of a solution It takes away bits of iron in the mixture Allows the dissolved particles to stay behind and the liquid part to leave the solution Shape Recycling Allows the smaller parts of the mixture to pass through and separating the larger parts It is less dense than water They are more dense than water Density