Study Guide for Properties of Matter:
Name______________________________ per:_____
First of all…how are you doing with the vocab? Rate yourself on how well
you know each word before you study and then again right before the test.
How well did you prepare?
+ means you are an expert, and you could explain it to anyone here.
 means you have heard of it, but you are not an expert.
0
means you do not know the word yet.
___matter___
___physical property___
___chemical property___
___tyndall effect ___
___viscosity ___
___ductility___
___malleability ___
___ density ___
___ hardness ___
___physical change___
___chemical change___
___mixture___
___pure substance___
___solution___
___ element___
___ compound___
___molecule___
___atom___
___homogeneous mixture___
___heterogeneous mixture
___solute___
___solvent___
Matter Classification
All matter can be classified as either a substance or mixture. A substance is an element or a
compound. A mixture is heterogeneous or homogeneous.
Matter
Pure Substance
Element
Mixture
Compound
Homogeneous Mixture
Heterogeneous Mixture
AKA: Solution
Ex: Copper,
Cu
Colloid
Suspension
Ex: fog,
milky water
Ex: muddy
water
Ex: Copper
Chloride, CuCl2 ;
water, H2O
Ex: salt water
Classify each of the following as either substance or mixture. If it is a pure substance, write
element or compound in the appropriate column. If it is a mixture, write heterogeneous or
homogeneous in the appropriate column.
Type of matter
Chlorine (Cl)
Water (H2O)
Soil
Sugar water
Oxygen (O)
Carbon dioxide (CO2)
Rocky road ice cream
Rubbing Alcohol
(C3H8O)
Diet coke
Iron(Fe)
Pure Substance
Element
Compound
Mixture
Heterogeneous
Homogeneous
Element
Compound
Heterogeneous
Compound
Homogeneous
Element
Indicate whether each of the following involves physical changes or chemical changes: Can you
explain WHY?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
a cake baking chemical
a stick breaking physical
water boiling physical
wax melting physical
an egg frying chemical
f.
g.
h.
i.
a bomb exploding chemical
a ship rusting chemical
sulfur burning chemical
sugar dissolving physical
Indicate whether each of the following substances is an element, a compound, or a mixture:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
Air mixture
sea water mixture
fresh water mixture
steam (H2O) compound
ice (H2O) compound
gasoline + oil mixture
granite mixture
wood mixture
i) iron (Fe) element
j) nickel (Ni) element
k) aspirin (C9H8O4) compound
l) glass (SiO2) compound
m) mercury(Hg) element
n) tea mixture
o) carbon dioxide (CO2) compound
Match the word with the definition.
1. __g or f__ A mixture with tiny particles that forms when 11. __k__ The ability to hammered into thin sheets
without shattering
things are mixed together but not dissolved; the Tyndall
effect is used to classify
a. Solution
2. __d__ A pure substance of two or more elements
b. Homogeneous mixture
chemically combined
3. __h__ A pure substance that cannot be broken into
smaller parts and is made of 1 type of atom
c. Mixtures
d. Compound
4. __i__ The ability to be drawn into thin wire
e. Atom
5. __a__ Another name for a homogeneous mixture
f. Heterogeneous mixture
6. _j___ Anything that has mass and takes up space
7. __f__ Mixtures of larger particles not evenly distributed
8. __b__ Mixtures that are evenly distributed throughout
with tiny dissolved particle
g. Colloids *You do NOT need to
know this term.
h. Elements
i. Ductility
9. _e__ The smallest particle of an element
j. Matter
10. __c__ Two or more substances mixed together that
k.
Malleability
can be separated by physical means (boiling)
THINK ABOUT IT…What kind of experiment would you carry out to demonstrate that:
a.
a solution of sand, water and iron filings is a mixture. It can be separated by a physical change
by removing the iron with a magnet (magnetism is a physical property of iron), then use a filter to remove the
sand or let the water evaporate. By doing this, nothing new was created. Also, in the original mixture, all the
substances are still there. No new substances were created; no chemical change occurred.
b.
seawater is a solution rather than a pure substance.
It can be separated by a physical change such as boiling to remove the water. Also, the seawater is not
the same throughout and it is not chemically combined, it is physically combined.
Answers to density problems on the back:
1) 25g/5.0mL= 5.0g/mL
2) 89.6g/10.0cm3 = 8.96g/cm3
3) Gold
4) The benzene is more dense
5) 94g/12cm3 = 7.8g/cm3