There are two types of properties that describe substances: physical properties and chemical properties. Physical properties involve the substance itself and include characteristics like color, size, and state of matter. Chemical properties involve how a substance interacts with other substances through chemical reactions. A chemical change results in one or more new substances forming through a chemical reaction. Compounds are substances made up of two or more elements that have chemically combined. There are clues that indicate a chemical change has occurred, such as gas bubbles, color changes, smells, or new properties forming in the substance. The law of conservation of mass states that the mass of products equals the mass of reactants in a chemical reaction.