Matter Quiz Study Guide

What is iron an example of?

An element

What is gold an example of?

An element

What is water an example of?

Compound

What are 2 ways compounds and elements are different?

1. Element is made of one type of atom
2. Compound is made of two or more elements chemically bonded

Compounds and elements are both what?

Pure substances

How are compounds and mixtures different?

Compounds can only be seperated by chemical reactions

What is the simplest form of a compound that still behaves like that compound?

Molecule

What are the building blocks of elements?

Atom

What are made of only one type of atom?

Elements

How are homogeneous & heterogeneous mixtures different?

Homo is same, hetero is different

What can you say about the makeup of a homogeneous mixture?

Same atoms

What is the definition of matter?

Anything that has density

What process is opposite evaporation, turning gasses into liquid?

Condensation

What process is the opposite of freezing, turning a solid into a liquid?

Melting

What happens to gas molecules when they condense into a liquid?

Get closer together

Gas and a liquid do not have a fixed what?

Shape

What causes a solid to change to a liquid?

Melt

What happens to water molecules when they boil?

Moving away

What causes ice melt in a hot pan?

The heat

When liquid loses heat and molecules slow down, what is formed?

Solid