BEAT Chemistry! (BE Able To): Matter
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Differentiate between a chemical and a physical change. Give three examples of each. Refer to
your homework and notes if you need help with examples.
Physical Change
Chemical Change
Definition:
Definition:
A change in a substance that does not
Transformation of one or more substances
change the identity of the substanc
into a different substance with different
properties.
Examples:
Cutting an apple
Candle wax melting
The volatile oils from the tropical plant leaf
evaporated quickly.
Examples:
The wick of a candle burning
Water seeped through the roof causing the
old stove to rust
Acid rain weathering away limestone
Which of the following processes are physical changes (P)? Which are chemical changes (C) ?
A. Combustion= C
E. Breaking a compound into elements= C
B. Ice melts=
P
F. Elements forming a compound= C
C. Electrolysis= C
G. Iron undergoes oxidation= C
D. Water is converted to steam= P
H. Acid on limestone produces carbon dioxide gas= C
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Differentiate between a chemical and a physical property. Give three examples of each. Refer to
your homework and notes if you need help with examples.
Physical Property
Chemical Property
Definition:
Definition:\
A property that can be observed and
a property that can only be observed by
measured without changing the
changing the type of substance.
substance.
Examples
Examples:
Density
Blue Color
Solubility
Melting point
Supports combustion
Sour taste
Reacts with acid to form H2
Reacts with water to form a gas
Luster
Neutralize an acid
Odor
Identify the following properties as physical or chemical.
Physical Chemical
Combustion
Density
Flammability
Solubility
Supports combustion
Melting point
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C
P
C
P
C
P
Physical Chemical
Odor
Luster
Neutralize an acid
Boiling point
Reacts with water to form a gas
Reacts with acid to form H2
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P
P
C
C
P
C
C
BEAT Chemistry! (BE Able To): Matter
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Describe the separation lab you performed and what the key concept/learning was from the lab.
You can physically separate a homogeneous and heterogeneous mixture using filtration,
evaporation, and magnetism
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Differentiate between an extensive and intensive physical property. Give three examples of each.
Refer to your homework and notes if you need help with examples.
Intensive Property
Extensive Property
Definition:
Definition:
 Does not depend upon the amount of
 Depend upon the amount of matter
matter present, and remains constant
present
Examples:
density, boiling, freezing, melting
points, conductivity, solubility,
magnetism
Examples:
 mass, volume, heat energy, length
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Differentiate between a homogenous mixture and a heterogeneous mixture. Give three examples of
each.
Heterogeneous mixture
Homogeneous mixture
Definition: Not uniform in composition
Definition: Solution. Uniform in composition
Examples:
muddy water
Pizza
Chex mix
Examples:
sugar + pure water (C12H22O11 + H2O)
brass (Cu mixed with Zn)
 Differentiate between an element and a compound. Give three examples of each.
Element
Compound
Definition:
Definition:
simplest kind of matter
Compounds are substances that can be broken
 All one kind of atom
down by a chemical change
 Atoms of two or more different elements
that have been combined in a fixed
proportion.
Examples:
iron filings (Fe)
magnesium (Mg)
Hydrogen, H2
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Examples:
limestone (CaCO3)
acetylene (C2H2)
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BEAT Chemistry! (BE Able To): Matter
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What is the difference between a mixture and a pure substance? Draw a graphic organizer. It must
include a pure substance, mixture, element, compound, heterogeneous mixture, and homogeneous
mixture.
 Explain different ways to separate a heterogeneous mixture and a homogeneous mixture.
Heterogeneous mixture- filtration, magnetism,
Homogeneous mixture- distillation, evaporation
 Explain different ways to separate a compound and an element.
Elements cannot be chemically or physically separated.
Compounds can only be chemically separated
Examples: Electrolysis, Hydrolysis,
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Differentiate between a solid, liquid, and a gas. Explain their movement, volume and shape.
Shape
Solid
Definite shape
Particles tightly packed
Liquid
Take the shape of their
container. Particles
loosely packed
Definite volume
Volume
Define volume
Particle movement
Vibrate in place. Strong Move around. More
energy than solid
attraction holding
particles
them together
Draw a picture of the
particles
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Gas
Take the shape of their
container. Particles
spread far apart
Take the volume of
their container
Move around very fast.
No attraction holding
them together. Lots of
energy