Exploring Matter - Unit Test Flashcards
Pure substance
Pure Substance: A substance that is made up of only one type of particle (ex. H20, gold, oxygen, etc.)
Mixture
A substance that is made up of at least 2 different types of particles.
Element
A pure substance consisting of atoms which all have the same number of protons. An element cannot be broken down into a simpler chemical substance by any physical or chemical means
Compound
A pure substance composed of two or more different elements that are chemically joined up.
Homogeneous mixture
A mixture which has uniform composition and properties throughout it (EX. salt and water)
Heterogeneous mixture:
Made up of different substances that remain physically separated (EX. sand and water)
Physical property
A characteristic of a substance that can be determined without changing the composition of that substance.
Quantitative physical property
A property of a substance that is measured and has numerical value (EX. temperature, mass, height, etc.)
Qualitative physical property
A property of a substance that is not measured and does not have a numerical value (EX. colour, odour, and texture)
Chemical property
A property of a substance that describes its ability to undergo changes to its composition to produce one or more new substances (EX. combustibility, reacts with water, etc.)
Physical change
A change in which the composition of the substance remains unaltered and no new substances are produced.
Chemical change
A change in the starting substance or substances and the production of one or more new substances.
Precipitate
An insoluble solid that emerges from a liquid solution
Atom
The smallest unit of an element
Molecule
Two or more atoms of the same or different element that are chemically joined together in a unit.
Valence electrons
The electrons on the outer orbit of an atom
Proton
A positively charged particle in the atom’s nucleus
Electron
A negatively charged particle in an atom
Neutron
A neutral particle in the atom’s nucleus (no charge)
Matter
Physical substance in general. Occupies space and mass.
Atomic number
The number of protons in an atom’s nucleus
Mass number
The number of protons and neutrons in an atom’s nucleus
Isotope
An atom with the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons
Ion
A particle that has either a positive or negative charge
Cation
A positively charged ion
Anion
A negatively charged ion
Covalent bond
A bond formed when two non-metal atoms share electrons