Chemistry Test I Review Game

Chemistry is the study of ________________.

• Liquids

• Matter

• The Periodic Table

• Solids

What is matter?

• Anything that can float on water

• Anything that has color and smell

• Anything that has mass and volume

• Only things found on the periodic table

What are the two major categories which matter can be broken up into?

• Elements and Compounds

• Liquids and Gases

• Metals and Nonmetals

• Mixtures and Pure Substances

What are the traits which describe matter?

• Colors

• Descriptors

• Properties

• Specifics

What is a property of matter which does not change and helps define the substance (like density, melting point, and boiling point)?

• Characteristic Property

• Defining Property

• Factual Property

• Important Property

What type of matter is composed of two or more substances that are mixed together, but are not chemically combined (In other words, the substances do not chemically change each other and they can be physically separated.)?

• Element

• Compound

• Mixture

• Pure Substance

What type of matter is made of only one kind of matter that has characteristic properties.

• Element

• Compound

• Mixture

• Pure Substance

What type of matter cannot be broken down into other substances by chemical or physical means.

• Element

• Compound

• Mixture

• Pure Substance

What type of matter is composed of two or more pure substances that are chemically combined (In other words, the substances change their chemical properties when they combine and they cannot be physically separated.)?

• Element

• Compound

• Mixture

• Pure Substance

Why is salt water a mixture (and not a pure substance)?

• The salt and water can be physically separated.

• The salt and water do not change their chemical properties. (The salt is still salt and the water is still water.)

• Salt water does not have characteristic properties. (Not all salt water samples are the same; some are saltier than others.)

• All of the answers on this page explain why salt water is a mixture.