Question

Please help, here is the question.
An object is observed to have a silver color and metal appearance. The object is also found to have a mass of 11.34 grams and melts at 327.46 Celsius. Of the observed properties list below, which is considered to be an extensive property?
A. Silver
B. Metallic
C. Mass
D. Melting point

Answer 1

http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/matter/faq/extensive-intensive.shtml

What are extensive and intensive properties?


Cynthia Navarrete


An extensive property is a property that changes when the size of the sample changes. Examples are mass, volume, length, and total charge.

An intensive property doesn't change when you take away some of the sample. Examples are temperature, color, hardness, melting point, boiling point, pressure, molecular weight, and density. Because intensive properties are sometimes characteristic of a particular material, they can be helpful as clues in identifying unknown substances.

Try this quiz on classifying properties to see if you can distinguish intensive and extensive properties.

Author: Fred Senese senese@antoine.frostburg.edu

Answer 2

Thank you!