Compare and Contrast Mixtures and Compounds
How many different
types of substances
are involved?
Mixture
Two or more
Compound
Two or more
Physically
Chemically
How are substances
combined?
What must happen to Stir/shake/physical
make the substances movement
combine?
What do substances do
Keep
with their properties when
they are combined?
Chemical reaction
creates chemical
bonds
Lose
No
Yes
No
Yes
Do the substances have a
specific chemical
composition or formula?
No
Yes
How can the
substances be
separated?
Physically – filtering,
evaporating,
magnetism, picking
out
Maybe not
/Sometimes
Chemical reaction
must break bonds
holding atoms
together
Always
Are new properties
formed?
Are substances
combined in specific
amounts?
Are all parts of the
combination the
same?