Exploring Physical Properties
A worksheet for Grade 2 students to learn about and identify physical properties of objects, including states of matter.
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Exploring Physical Properties
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability.
1. Which of these is a physical property of an object?
Its color
How it reacts with fire
Its smell when burned
Its taste when cooked
2. What state of matter keeps its own shape?
Liquid
Gas
Solid
Plasma
3. The three main states of matter are solid, liquid, and .
4. A physical property is something you can or measure about an object.
5. All liquids are sticky.
True
False
6. A balloon filled with air is an example of a gas.
True
False
7. Look at the image below. What are the three states of matter shown?

Match the object to its main physical property.
8. Ice cube
a. Floats
9. Rock
b. Hard
10. Water
c. Transparent