States of Matter (1.2.1)

Question 1

What is Matter?

Answer 1

Anything that has mass.

Question 2

What are the three physical types of Matter?

Answer 2

Solid, Liquid, and Gas.

Question 3

What are the shapes of Solids, Liquids and Gases?

Answer 3

Definite, Indefinite, Indefinite.

Question 4

What is a Mixture?

Answer 4

A Mixture is a substance that can be

Question 5

What is a Pure Substance?

Answer 5

A Pure Substance is matter composed of only one type of chemical substance.

Question 6

What is a Homogeneous Mixture?

Answer 6

Physically combined substances that are of one uniform phase.

Question 7

What is a Heterogeneous Mixture?

Answer 7

Physically combined substances that are not of one uniform phase.

Question 8

What is an Element?

Answer 8

Elements are pure substances that cannot be decomposed into other pure substances by ordinary chemical means.

Question 9

What is a Compound?

Answer 9

A Compound is a pure substance composed of chemically bound atoms in fixed ratios.