READ: Physical and Chemical Properties

1. Physical Properties of Matter

Both of these men are skiing, but the man on the left is skiing on snow while the man on the right is skiing on sand. Snow and sand are both kinds of matter, but they have different properties. What are some ways snow and sand differ? One difference is the temperature at which they melt. Snow melts at 0°C, whereas sand melts at about 1600°C! The temperature at which something melts is its melting point. Melting point is just one of many physical properties of matter.

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