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
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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
Mixture
Indicate whether each of the following involves physical changes or chemical changes: Can you
explain WHY?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
a cake baking
a stick breaking
water boiling
wax melting
an egg frying
f.
g.
h.
i.
a bomb exploding
a ship rusting
sulfur burning
sugar dissolving
Indicate whether each of the following substances is an element, a compound, or a mixture:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
air
sea water
fresh water
steam (H2O)
ice (H2O)
gasoline + oil
granite
wood
i) iron (Fe)
j) nickel (Ni)
k) aspirin (C9H8O4)
l) glass (SiO2)
m) mercury(Hg)
n) tea
o) carbon dioxide (CO2)
Match the word with the definition.
1. ____ A mixture with tiny particles that forms when
things are mixed together but not dissolved; the Tyndall
effect is used to classify
2. ____ A pure substance of two or more elements
chemically combined
a. Solution
b. Homogeneous mixture
c. Mixtures
3. ____ A pure substance that cannot be broken into
smaller parts and is made of 1 type of atom
d. Compound
4. ____ The ability to be drawn into thin wire
5. ____ Another name for a homogeneous mixture
6. ____ Anything that has mass and takes up space
e. Atom
f. Heterogeneous mixture
7. ____ Mixtures of larger particles not evenly distributed
8. ____ Mixtures that are evenly distributed throughout
with tiny dissolved particle
9. ____ The smallest particle of an element
10. ____ Two or more substances mixed together that
g. Colloids
h. Elements
i. Ductility
can be separated by physical means (boiling)
j. Matter
11. ____ The ability to hammered into thin sheets
without shattering
k.
Malleability
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.
b.
seawater is a solution rather than a pure substance.
c.
granite is a heterogeneous substance.