Amplify Modeling Matter

A cook has containers with several yellow powders in them. She cannot tell the powders apart by looking at them. Which of the following would help her determine the properties of each powder?

• smell each of the powders

• taste each of the powders

• test if they dissolve in certain liquids

• All of the above.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A group of atoms joined together in a particular way:

• property

• soluble

• molecule

• dissolve

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A tiny piece of matter that is too small to see:

• attract

• atom

• soluble

• substance

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

To mix evenly into a liquid by breaking apart into pieces that are too small to see:

• dissolve

• substance

• matter

• molecule

The stuff that ALL things are made of

• matter

• air

• substance

• property

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Matter that is made of more than one substance:

• atom

• mixture

• soluble

• substance

Matter that is made of only one kind of atom:

• property

• substance

• observe

• attract

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

If a substance can dissolve in water or it's molecules are attracted to water, we call this ____________.

• Attracted

• Dissolved

• Soluble

• Insoluble

Think back to our solubility experiment. The cumin and pepper solid molecules were not attracted to the liquid molecules. Which of the following behaviors did the cumin or pepper molecules demonstrate?

• The solid molecules separated.

• The solid molecules dissolved.

• The solid molecules were clustered together.

• The solid molecules were soluble.

Which of the following is true for two substances that are mixed and have a HIGH attraction?

• They are completely mixed.

• They are slightly mixed.

• They are not mixed at all.

• None of the above.