Mixture and Solution Quiz

What is a mixture?

• A combination of two or more substances that are chemically combined

• A mixture in which the particles of the solutes are visible with a microscope

• A combination of two or more substances that are not chemically combined

• A mixture that separates over time

What is a solution?

• A combination of two or more substances that are chemically combined

• A mixture in which the particles of the solutes are visible with a microscope

• A mixture that separates over time

• A mixture in which the particles of the solutes are so small that they cannot be seen with a microscope

What is a suspension?

• A combination of two or more substances that are chemically combined

• A mixture in which the particles of the solutes are visible with a microscope

• A mixture that separates over time

• A heterogeneous mixture that separates over time

Which of the following is an example of a mixture?

• Water

• Salt

• Vegetable soup

• Sugar

What is a colloid?

• A combination of two or more substances that are chemically combined

• A mixture in which the particles of the solutes are visible with a microscope

• A mixture that separates over time

• A mixture that contains particles that are too small to be seen with a microscope, but large enough to be suspended in a liquid

What does it mean to dissolve?

• To combine two or more substances chemically

• To separate a mixture into its components

• To spread out evenly in a liquid

• To change the state of matter

What is a physical change?

• A change to a substance without forming a new substance

• A change to a substance that forms a new substance

• A change to a substance that only occurs in gases

• A change to a substance that only occurs in solids

What is a substance?

• A form of matter that is different throughout and has specific properties

• A form of matter that is the same throughout and has specific properties

• A form of matter that is different throughout and has no specific properties

• A form of matter that is the same throughout and has no specific properties

What are physical properties?

• Characteristics that can only be observed

• Characteristics that can only be measured

• Characteristics that can be observed or measured

• Characteristics that cannot be observed or measured

Which of the following is a physical property?

• Color

• Chemical reactivity

• Density

• All of the above