Pure Substances and Mixtures

A combination of substances that can be physically separated from one another

• mixtures

• compound

• element

• molecule

A material with a particular chemical makeup

• mixture

• pure substance

• hetogeneous

• homogeneous

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

a substance in which the parts are clearly different shapes and colors; different throughout

• mixture

• homogeneous

• heterogeneous

• element

a substance in which all of the parts are the same throughout

• homogeneous

• element

• heterogeneous

• pure substance

A characteristic that can be observed (intensive), such as texture, color, odor, melting point, boiling point, density, or measured (extensive) such as mass, length, volume, that is used to describe matter and can be observed or measured without changing its composition

• physical property

• element

• pure substance

• chemical property

A characteristic of a substance that is measurable or observable during a chemical reaction; includes pH, heat of combustion, reactivity, etc.

• physica property

• chemical property

• compound

• mixture

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The nature of something's ingredients or constituents; the way in which a whole or mixture is made up.

• composition

• element

• mixture

• compound

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A substance that can be dissolved by a solvent to create a solution.

• solvent

• solute

• solution

• mixture

A substance that can dissolve a solute when forming a solution.

• solute

• solution

• solvent

• mixture

The ability of a substance to be dissolved in a liquid

• dissolvent

• solubility

• combustion

• disappearing