Introduction to Matter
Physical or Chemical
Elements & Compounds
Measuring Matter
Mixtures
100
Anything that has mass and takes up space.
What is Matter?
100
A characteristic of a pure substance that can be observed WITHOUT changing it into another substance.
What is PHYSICAL PROPERTY?
100
The basic particle from which all elements are made.
What is an ATOM?
100
The amount of space that matter takes up.
What is VOLUME?
100
Two or more substances that are together in the same place but are NOT chemically combined.
What is a MIXTURE?
200
The study of the properties of matter and how matter changes.
What is CHEMISTRY?
200
Freezing water at a temperature of zero degrees Celsius.
What is PHYSICAL PROPERTY?
200
A pure substance that cannot be broken down into any other substances by chemical or physical means.
What is an ELEMENT?
200
The amount of matter in an object.
What is MASS?
200
Two ways mixtures differ from compounds.
What is 1) each substance in a mixture keeps its individual properties and 2) parts of a mixture are not combined in a set ratio?
300
A single kind of matter that is pure, meaning it always has a specific makeup and set of properties.
What is A SUBSTANCE?
300
A characteristic of a pure substance that describes its ability to change to change into different substances.
What is CHEMICAL PROPERTY?
300
Gold, Oxygen, Hydrogen, Sulfur, Iron and Copper are all examples of __________.
What is ELEMENTS?
300
This measures how much mass an object has in a certain about of space.
What is DENSITY?
300
You can see the different parts in this type of mixture.
What is a HETEROGENEOUS MIXTURE?
400
The two kinds of properties that every form of matter has.
What is PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL
400
The ability of a substance to rust or tarnish is a _______ property.
What is CHEMICAL?
400
A pure substance of two or more elements chemically combined in a set ratio.
What is A COMPOUND?
400
This is usually measured in grams or kilograms.
What is MASS?
400
Substances are so evenly mixed that you can't see the different parts.
What is a Homogeneous Mixture?
500
Air, plastic, metal, wood, glass, paper, and cloth are examples of ____.
What is MATTER?
500
You can only observe this property by trying to change it to another substance.
What is CHEMICAL?
500
What information does a chemical formula tell you about a compound?
What are the ELEMENTS in the COMPOUND AND THE RATIO OF ATOMS?
500
To find this, you need to divide the mass by the volume.
What is DENSITY?
500
Vegetable soup is an example of this type of mixture.
What is a Heterogeneous Mixture?
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