Mixtures and Pure Substances Flashcards
Pure substance
Salt is a ___________ because it is very difficult to break down into it’s two parts, sodium and chlorine.
Pure substance
Are very difficult to break down into their individual parts.
Pure substance
They may be elements (made up of one type of atom) or compounds (made up of molecules containing at least two different types of atom).
Mixtures
Are a mixture of atoms, when sugar is put in water it becomes a mixture.
Mixture
The components that make a ________ have more variation than the components that make up a pure substance.
Mixtures
Can be classed as homogenous mixtures or heterogenous mixtures.
Homogenous mixtures
They are the type of mixtures where the particles are spread out evenly throughout the mixture.
Heterogenous mixtures
They are the type of mixtures where the different particles are scattered unevenly throughout the mixture.
Mixtures
This can be any combination of the three states of matter. The three main types of _______ are solutions, that contain particles that completely dissolve, suspensions, that contain larger particles and colloids, that contain small particles.
Solutions
Contain particles that have completely dissolved.
Suspensions
That contain larger particles.
Colloids
That contain small particles.
Salt water
Solution
Sandy water
Suspension
Milky water
Colloid