Vocab
Chemical and Physical Changes
Elements, Compound, and Mixtures
Solutions, Suspensions, and Colloids
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Another word for a homogenous mixtures

Solution

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Explain the difference between chemical and physical changes.
Chemical changes: Two substances combine to create a new substance with different properties. Physical changes: Two substances are combined and each retains the same properties as the elements that make it up.
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Define element
Element: a pure substance that is composed of only one type of atom. It cannot be broken down into simpler substances.
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What is a solution.
A solution is a homogeneous mixture of a solvent and a solute. The solute is the substance that is dissolved and the solvent is the substance that the solute is dissolved into. For example in a solution of salt water the salt is the solute and the water is the solvent.
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What happens when you place an object with a density of 2.5g/cm3 into water that has a density of 1.0g/mL? Explain why your answer would happen.
The object would sink because it has a higher density than the water.
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Fluids resistance to flow

Viscosity

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List four different evidences of a chemical change.
Change in color, odor, the release of energy or heat, light, sounds, and bubbling or fizzing.
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Compounds can only be broke down by a chemical change. List two specific ways to break down compounds.
Adding heat or electrolysis (separating by electrical shock)
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Compare and contrast heterogeneous and homogenous mixtures.
Homogenous mixtures are the same throughout. You can take a sample from any part of the mixture and it will have the same composition. Heterogeneous mixtures are different throughout. They may have clumps or large concentrations of different elements throughout a sample. They are similar because they are both mixtures and are made of one or more substance that is physically combined.
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List 3 physical changes.
Melting, mixing, separating, crushing, tearing, solid to liquid, liquid to gas, evaporating, dissolving, , grinding, and sanding.
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Heterogeneous mixture where the particles are intermediate in size, however they are spread evenly and will not settle

Colloid

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List four physical properties of matter.
physical properties of matter: color, shape, size, state, melting point, freezing point, boiling point, malleability (the ability to bend), density, volume, mass, or solubility (the ability to dissolve)
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Elements join to form compounds in a specific ______________.
mass ratio
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True of False: Salt water is a homogeneous mixture
True
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Write a chemical formula that represents a compound and one that represents an element.
Element: only one capital letter! C, H, Cl, Mg4, F8. Compound: two or more capital letters! C6H12O6, H2O, CO2, H2O2.
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The term for a  substance that will go from the gaseous state to the solid state, without passing through the liquid state

deposition

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Changes of state are considered which type of change? Explain why.
Changes of state are PHYSICAL changes because the substance still has the same chemical properties, just in a different form. Water is still water (H2O) when it is a liquid, solid (ice), or gas (water vapor).
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How is a compound different from a mixture?
Mixtures DO NOT combine in a specific ratio, they are physically combined and can be separated, the elements in the mixture keep their physical properties, and they do not form a new substance.
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Solubility is a substances ability to dissolve. List three things that can make a substance more soluble.
crushing it into smaller pieces, adding heat, stirring or shaking quickly
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Jack has a rock. The rock has a mass of 6g and a volume of 3cm3. What is the density of the rock?
D = m/v so the density of the rock equals 6/3. Density = 2 g/cm3.
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A given chemical compound always contains its component element in a fixed ratio - is the definition for what?

law of definite proportions

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Why are chemical properties harder to observe than physical properties?
Chemical properties change the substances identity or makeup.
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Why are compounds considered to be a pure substance?
It is a pure substance because compounds are composed of only one type of particle and the particles are chemically combined. Also different samples of any compound have the same elements in the same proportion. For example water is always composed of 2 hydrogen molecules and 1 oxygen molecule.
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List 2 ways that mixtures can be separated.
filtering, settling, and evaporation
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True or False: The total mass of reactants is ussually greater than the total mass of products
FALSE The total mass of the reactants equals the total mass of the products.
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