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Two cups of the same size are filled to the brim with clear liquids. Cup A holds water. Cup B contains alcohol. Your teacher challenges you to figure out which cup holds water. Because of your great scientific knowledge, you know that all substances have their own special properties. First, you waft (carefully smell) the two liquids. What property are you checking when you waft?

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The word Waft in this would mean smell because the definition is as if through the air.

You use the sense of smell to compare the two cups, so the property is the smell.

You seek to identify which cup contains the alcohol and which cup contains the water by comparing their sense of smell as they are different property.

Water is an odorless and colorless substance. The alcohol is also colorless but has a characteristic odor, it makes it possible to make the difference between the two liquids.