Chapter 11 Matter and Atoms

Anything that has mass and takes up space

• Matter

• Substance

• Mixture

• Atom

A small particle that is the building block of matter

• Matter

• Substance

• Atom

• Mixture

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An uncharged particle in the nucleus

• Proton

• Neutron

• Electron

• Nucleus

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Matter with a composition that is always the same

• Proton

• Mixture

• Matter

• Substance

A substance made of only one kind of atom

• Element

• Matter

• Atom

• Substance

Two or more atoms that are held together by chemical bonds and act as a unit

• Mixture

• Substance

• Molecule

• Element

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A substance made of two or more elements that are chemically joined in a specific combination

• Compound

• Substance

• Mixture

• Heterogeneous

Matter that can vary in composition. Made of two or more substances that are blended but not chemically bonded

• Molecule

• Atom

• Substance

• Mixture

A mixture in which the substances are not evenly mixed

• Compound

• Homogeneous

• Heterogeneous

• Nucleus

A mixture in which two or more substances are evenly mixed, but are not bonded together

• Homogeneous

• Heterogeneous

• Compound

• Atom