Vocab 101
Elements, Compounds, or Mixtures..Oh my!
Real Life Examples
Diagrams
Pure Substance or Mixture
100

The smallest particle of an element that retains its
identity in a chemical reaction.

 

Atom

100

A pure substance is made of only one kind of atom.

 

Element

100

What type of mixture is this? Heterogeneous of Homogeneous? 

 

Hetergenous Mixture 

100

Is this diagram displaying elements, compounds, or mixtures? 

Element

100

Elements and Compounds

Pure Substance 

200

Contains only one Capital letter and no numbers 

What is an Element? 

200

A combination of two or more substances that are not chemically bonded together just physically


Mixture 

200

Is this an element, compound, or mixture?


Element --- Gold (Au)

200

Is this diagram showing elements, compounds, or mixtures?

Mixture 

200

Air 

Mixture

300

Matter than cannot be broken down into a simpler substance


What is an Element?

300

A substance made of two or more different kinds of
atoms chemically combined in a specific ratio.

Compound

300

NaCl

Element, Compound, or Mixture

Compound 


300

Is this diagram showing elements, compounds, or mixtures?

Compound

300
Water H20 

Pure Substance

400

A solvent that contains more dissolved solute than
can be absorbed.

 

Supersaturated 

400

Another name for a homogeneous mixture.

Solution

400

What type of mixture is this? 


Hetergeneous Mixture 

400

What is a mixture

400

Silver (Au) and Carbon (C) 

Pure Substance

500

What property of matter is it when something solid dissolves into a liquid? 

Solubility

500

Another name for a heterogeneous mixture that separates into layers over time

Suspension

500

Is this an element, compound, homogenous mixture, or heterogeneous mixture? 

Homogenous Mixture 

500

What is a molecule?

500

Sugar and water 

mixture