Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space. There are two types of properties of matter: physical properties and chemical properties. Physical properties can be observed without changing the composition of the matter, such as color and size. Chemical properties describe a substance's ability to change into a new substance with different properties through chemical reactions like burning or rusting. States of matter, including solid, liquid, and gas, are physical properties that depend on how strongly the particles of a substance are attracted and how fast they are moving.