Question

Tayla examines her makeup brush and begins to list its properties. Which of these is a chemical property of

Tayla's makeup brush?
The wooden handle is flammable.
The brush is a solid, not a liquid or gas.
The synthetic bristles will melt at a high temperature.
The bristles are black

Answer 1

The wooden handle is flammable.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the question, Tayla is assessing her make-up brush. Ideally, her make-up brush should contain a bristle held by a wooden handle. The chemical property of any substance is that which forms a new irreversible substance. In this case, it is the flammability of the wooden handle.

The flammability of the wooden handle is a chemical property of Tayla's makeup brush because it is capable of getting burnt to become a new substance called ASH. Ash cannot be reversed back into wood, making it a chemical change. Thus, making the property (flammability) that brings about this chemical change (burning) a chemical one.

On the other hand, other properties listed in the options are physical properties because they are characterized by properties that shows the physical nature of the wood and bristle that makes up Tayla's makeup brush e.g. the physical property of wood (handle) has to do with its structure, state of matter (solid, gas or liquid), colour (black), melting and boiling point etc.