Classification Of Matter

Question 1

What is Matter? Example.

Answer 1

Anything that has mass and occupies space. Ex. Apple, Person

Question 2

What is Mass?

Answer 2

The quantity of matter in a substance

Question 3

What are the three states of Matter?

Answer 3

Solid, Liquid, and Gas

Question 4

What is Volume?

Answer 4

How big an object is or how much space an object takes.

Question 5

What is a Pure Substance?

Answer 5

A substance that is made up of only one type of particle

Question 6

What is a Mixture?

Answer 6

A substance made up of at least two different types of particles

Question 7

What is an Element? Example.

What is a Compound? Example.

Answer 7

Element = Substance that can't be broken down by chemical or physical means (Oxygen)
Compound = Two or more elements that are chemically joined together (Table Salt)

Question 8

What is a Mechanical Mixture? (Heterogeneous Mixture)
What is a Solution? (Homogeneous Mixture)
Examples.

Answer 8

Mechanical Mixture = A mixture in which you can distinguish different types of matter
- You can tell the difference
- All heterogeneous mixtures look like they have 2 or more substances
Ex. Smarties
Solution = A uniform mixture of 2 or more substances
- You can’t tell the difference
Ex. Apple Juice

Question 9

What is Density?

Answer 9

• A physical property of matter

- A measure of how closely packed particles are in a substance

Question 10

What is the formula of Density?

Answer 10

D = M/V