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HONORS PHYSICAL SCIENCE
NOTES PACKET
THE ORGANIZATION OF MATTER
GPS: SPS1. Students will investigate our current understanding of the atom
SPS2. Students will explore the nature of matter, its classifications, and its system for naming types of
matter.
Matter:
Examples of Matter:
Examples NOT matter:
2 LARGE GROUPS OF MATTER
PURE SUBSTANCE:
MIXTURE:
2 TYPES OF PURE SUBSTANCES
COMPOUND
ELEMENT
ELEMENT:
ATOM:
EXAMPLES OF ELEMENTS:
CHEMICAL SYMBOL:
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ASSIGNMENT: LEARN THE NAME AND SYMBOL FOR ELEMENTS
1-38, 47, 50, 53, 54, 55, 56, 78,79, 80, 82, 86 AND 92.
MAKE SMALL FLASH CARDS WITH THE NAME OF THE ELEMENT ON ONE SIDE AND
THE SYMBOL FOR THE ELEMENT ON THE OTHER SIDE.
COMPOUND:
MOLECULE:
EXAMPLES OF COMPOUNDS
CHEMICAL FORMULA:
MIXTURES
MIXTURE:
HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURE:
HETEREGENEOUS MIXUTURES:
TYPES OF MIXTURES
SOLUTIONS
SUSPENSIONS
COLLOIDS
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PROPERTIES AND CHANGES IN MATTER
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES?
HOW CAN KNOWING THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER BE USEFUL?
WHAT PROCESSES ARE USED TO SEPARATE MIXTURES?
WHEN DOES A PHYSICAL CHANGE OCCUR?
PHYSICAL PROPERTY
EXAMPLES OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
EXPLAINATION
1. VISCOSITY
2.CONDUCTIVITY
3. MALLEABILITY
4. HARDNESS
5. MELTING AND BOILING POINTS
6. DENSITY
EXAMPLES OF DENSITY PROBLEM
CALCULATE THE DENSITY OFA METAL SAMPLE IF THE SAMPLE HAS A MASS
OF 5.00 g VOLUME OF 2.1 ml?
CALCULATE THE VOLUME OF A 25.00 g SAMPLE OF SILVER WHICH HAS A
DENSITY OF 10.5 g/cm3 .
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CALCULATE THE MASS OF A SAMPLE OF ROCK WHICH HAS A VOLUME OF 5.78
ml AND A DENSITY OF 3.56 g/ml.
3 WAYS PROPERTIES CAN BE USED
IDENTIFY MATERIALS
CHOOSE MATERIALS
SEPARATE MIXTURES
PHYSICAL CHANGES:
EXAMPLES OF PHYSICAL CHANGES
EXAMPLE
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PHASE CHANGES ARE PHYSICAL CHANGES!!!!!!!!
LIST 7 DIFFERENT PHASE CHANGES
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Draw a picture of a Phase change diagram (triangle shape)
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
1. WHEN CAN CHEMICAL PROPERTIES BE OBSERVED?
2. WHAT OBSERVATIONS MIGHT INDICATE THAT A CHEMICAL CHANGE HAS OCCURRED?
3. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CHANGES?
DEFINE: CHEMICAL PROPERTY
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES CAN ONLY BE OBSERVED WHEN
EXAMPLES OF CHEMICAL PROPERTIES:
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CHEMICAL CHANGES
AKA CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DEFINE CHEMICAL CHANGE/CHEMICAL REACTION
LIST EXAMPLES OF COMMON CHEMICAL CHANGES
LIST 6 EVIDENCES FOR A CHEMICAL CHANGE
*******ALWAYS ASK THIS QUESTION TO DETERMINE IF A CHANGE IS CHEMICAL
OR PHYSICAL: