What property of the wood would you need to know to predict how fast the wood would start to burn?

The chemical property of combustion.

Explanation:

Combustion is a chemical reaction that occurs between a combustible material, a substance that causes or favors the combustion of other substances that is oxidizer and oxygen, all this accompanied by outgoing energy in the form of heat (exothermic energy) and incandescent energy.

In this case, wood is the combustible material, and combustion is generated by separate energy, fire, phosphors, sparks.

answer : one can design an experiment using a liquid and an additive that can be added to the liquid and observe the chemical changes in the reaction species.

one would need a beaker which is filled with a known amount of the liquid in which thermometer is placed to measure the temperature changes; after addition of the additive to the liquid solution one can note down the temperature change and find whether the reaction is endothermic or exothermic in nature. by subtracting the initial temperature value with the final temperature one can find the temperature changes.

various combinations of liquid and additive can be used. liquid in this case can be a known quantity of water and additives can be epsom salt or without epsom salt the experiment can be conducted to notice the changes. water and ice, hydrogen peroxide and dry yeast, vinegar and baking soda,etc.

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