Classifying Matter

Anything that has mass and takes up space

• mass
• matter
• volume
• weight

A small particle that is a building block of matter

• Element
• Substance
• Compound
• Atom

Matter with a composition that is always the same

• Substance
• Mixture
• Homogeneous
• Heterogeneous

A substance that consists of just one type of atom

• Heterogeneous
• Compound
• Element
• Homogeneous

A substance that contains atoms of 2 or more elements chemically bonded together

• Matter
• Neutron
• Mixture
• Compound

Matter that can vary in composition

• Proton
• Substance
• Mixture
• Neutrons

Mixture in which the individual substances are not evenly mixed

• Electron
• Heterogeneous
• Dissolved
• Homogeneous

Mixture in which the individual substances are evenly mixed

• Heterogeneous
• Proton
• Element
• Homogeneous

Helps to form a solution by mixing evenly

• Element
• Dissolve
• Matter
• Compound

Properties are different from the properties of the substances that make it up

• Compound
• Element
• Homogeneous
• Heterogeneous