3.5 Intensive And Extensive Properties
Intensive and Extensive properties are different but confusing. The screencast will provide you with an easy way to distinguish between the two. Properties can be classified as either intensive or extensive. Extensive properties are those that depend on the amount of substance present. If there is more of the substance, the property changes, such as mass. The more of a substance you have, the more mass there is. Intensive properties are those that are constant for any amount of substance. For example, density is the same with any amount of substance present. No matter how many grams you have, it will always have a proportional volume
- 1.The mass of a water bottle that is half full is an example of an
- A.
Extensive property
- B.
Intensive property
- C.
Neither
- D.
Both
- 2.Both a tiny little diamond and a diamond the size of a hand have the same level of hardness. The hardness of a material is an example of an
- A.
Extensive property
- B.
Intensive property
- C.
Neither
- D.
Both
- 3.In an experiment, you want to measure how much heat a certain reaction will evolve. To do this, you must measure the initial temperature and the final temperature of the substances. Temperature is an
- A.
Extensive property
- B.
Intensive property
- C.
Neither
- D.
Both
- 4.You must measure out a specific volume of a solution in order to react it with another solution in an experiment. Volume is an
- A.
Extensive property
- B.
Intensive property
- C.
Neither
- D.
Both
- 5.
The length of some string is an example of an property.
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