HONORS FINAL PAPER 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VERIFIED
◉ malleable Answer: (metal) can be hammered out of shape
◉ ductile Answer: ability to be stretched into a thin wire without
breaking
◉ precipitate Answer: a solid that makes an appearance in a liquid
or gas phase
◉ intensive physical property Answer: a property that does not
depend on the amount of substance
◉ extensive physical property Answer: a property that does depend
on the amount of substance
◉ chemical property Answer: a characteristic that depends on how a
kind of matter changes during interactions with other kinds of
matter
,◉ physical property Answer: a characteristic that can be observed
without producing new kinds of matter
◉ chemical change Answer: any change that results in the formation
of new chemical substances
◉ energy Answer: ability to move something (work)
◉ exothermic Answer: (reaction) accompanied by the release of
heat
◉ endothermic Answer: (reaction) accompanied by or required the
absorption of heat
◉ activation energy Answer: the minimum quantity of energy to
undergo/propel a specific reaction
◉ E = mc^2 Answer: Equation that changes mass to energy (and
supposedly energy to matter)
◉ macroscopic Answer: visible to the naked eye
◉ microscopic Answer: visible only under a microscope
, ◉ potential energy Answer: the energy an object has depending on
its location/position (Ex. boulder on a hill)
◉ kinetic energy Answer: the energy an object has in motion (Ex.
boulder rolling down a hill)
◉ heat Answer: a form of energy produced by molecular collisions
(Symbol Q or q)
◉ temperature Answer: a measure of the average kinetic energy of
the molecules of a sample
◉ calorie Answer: the amount of energy required to raise the
temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius or 1 Kelvin
◉ joule Answer: measure of energy
◉ joule to calorie Answer: 4.184 J = 1 cal
◉ calorimeter Answer: an instrument that measures heat
◉ thermometer Answer: an instrument that measures temperature