Chemistry
Properties of Matter 1
Name __________________________________
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LEARNING GOAL: I can __________________________________________________________________________
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MATTER AND ITS PROPERTIES
What is a _____________________________?
• A ________________ or ______________ associated with a particular type of matter.
• Properties that matter possess can be placed into ____________ groups:
• PHYSICAL Properties – those characteristics that can_____________________________________
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Examples - _____________________________________________________________________________
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_________________________________ – properties which describe ______________________________
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Examples - ______________________________________________________________________________
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The SUBMICROSOPIC VIEW, SCIENTIFIC MODELS and INDIRECT EVIDENCE
Much of science deals with the MACROSCOPIC and MICROSCOPIC world.
Chemistry also deals with the __________________________________ world – those things that _______________
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Since the submicroscopic world cannot be seen, our understanding of it is largely based on ____________
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Scientific models are _______________________________ that helps us understand and explain that which
cannot be seen.
Scientific Models are based on __________________________evidence.
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______________________________________ is information gathered from _______________________
that _____________________ a particular idea or explanation of a natural phenomenon.
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For example, much of what has been learned about atoms has result from how substances behave
when _________________________________________________________________________ etc.
SAMPLE PROBLEM - Describe the QUALITATIVE and QUANTITATIVE expressions in the following:
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Substance #1 contains 10.2 grams of Calcium, 5.4 grams of Sulfur and 10.5 grams of Oxygen.
Quantitative ______________________________________________________________________
Qualitative _______________________________________________________________________
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Substance #2 contains 45.5% Oxygen and 54.5 % Carbon.
Quantitative ______________________________________________________________________
Qualitative _______________________________________________________________________
SOME WAYS TO CLASSIFY SUBSTANCES
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Substances can also be classified as either _________________________ or ________________________.
A _____________________________ contains _________________________________________[element].
example _______________ – only contains Cu atoms
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one kind of ______________________________ [compound]
example _____________________ – only contains H2O molecules.
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A _____________________ contains _________________________________________________________
with each other [elements or compounds].
PROPERTIES OF PURE SUBSTANCES
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Made of only _____________________ of atom or molecule.
Compounds ___________________________________________________ of the elements they are made
up from!!
Components are _______________________________!
PROPERTIES OF MIXTURES
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Can be any _____________________________________________________________________________.
The individual components in the mixture ____________________________________________________.
Usually ___________________________________ into the various components in the mixture.
PRACTICE PROBLEM - CLASSIFY the following as PURE SUBSTANCES [label as element or compound] or MIXTURES.
• Aluminum
• Water
• Table Salt
• Gasoline
• Sugar
• A cake
• Kool-Aid
• Mouthwash
• 14 Karat Gold
• Blood
• Baking Soda
• Carbon Dioxide
• Baking Powder
• Soil
• Milk