Material Properties: Physical and Chemical Characteristics is a Grade 7 Science worksheet resource focused on matter and its interactions, with an emphasis on distinguishing physical and chemical properties and using property data to classify materials.

What Students Practice

Students work with density, melting point, solubility, electrical conductivity, reactivity, and flammability. The resource helps students distinguish properties that can be observed or measured without forming a new substance from properties that describe chemical behavior. It also connects property data to identifying materials and choosing separation strategies.

Student Activities

• Read a science passage about physical and chemical characteristics of materials.
• Answer multiple-choice questions focused on density, melting point, solubility, conductivity, reactivity, and flammability.
• Evaluate true-or-false statements about material properties.
• Explain concepts through short-answer responses.
• Interpret a labeled science diagram related to material properties.
• Categorize examples according to physical or chemical properties.

What’s Included

• Student worksheet activities covering the lesson concepts and vocabulary
• Student Notes lines at the bottom of the worksheet
• Answer Key PDF with a Teacher Guide
• Teacher Guide sections for Learning Objectives, Teaching Tips, Discussion Questions, and Common Mistakes

Classroom Use

Use this material properties worksheet as classroom practice, independent work, review, or an assessment activity within a Grade 7 matter and interactions unit. The varied response formats give students opportunities to recognize definitions, apply property concepts, interpret visual information, and explain their reasoning in writing.

The resource is identified with the NGSS framework and keeps the focus on observable and measurable characteristics of matter, chemical behavior, and the use of property data.