Introduction to Matter and Mixtures

Vocabulary flashcards generated from lecture notes on matter, mixtures, solutions, solutes, and solvents.

Pure Substance

A primary group of matter made of only one type of particle.

Mixture

A primary group of matter made of at least two types of particles.

Heterogeneous Mixture

A type of mixture in which all components are visible because they do not mix together, and particles are not distributed evenly.

Homogeneous Mixture

A type of mixture in which components cannot be distinguished from each other, appearing as one substance with particles distributed evenly throughout.

Solution

Another name for a homogeneous mixture, where separate particles are not visible because one dissolves in the other.

Dissolving

The process in which one substance dissolves in another so that separate particles are no longer visible.

Solute

The substance that gets dissolved in a solution (smaller quantity), such as salt in the salt water example.

Solvent

The substance that dissolves the other substance in a solution (larger quantity), such as water in the salt water example.