Properties of Matter

What type of material is pictured?

• Element

• Compound

• Heterogeneous mixture

• Homogeneous mixture

The tightness across the surface of water that enables paper clips to float is ____________.

• adhesion

• capillary action

• surface tension

• polarity

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A measure of how difficult it is to stretch or break the surface of a liquid is called...

• specific heat

• polar molecule

• capillary action

• surface tension

One particle of table salt (NaCl) is best described as a (a)   .

• atom

• compound

• element

• mixture

Answer explanation

Table salt (NaCl) is a compound because it is made up of two different elements, sodium (Na) and chlorine (Cl), chemically bonded together.

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Match the following

• matter

• anything that has mass and takes up space

• Compound

• a substance that consists of just one type of atom

• atom

• a combination of two or more different elements bonded together

• element

• a small particle that is a building block of matter

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A substance made of only one type of

atom or molecule, example: elements, compounds

• dissolve

• pure substance

• solute

• homogeneous mixture

A mixture that appears the same throughout, example: kool-aid

• heterogeneous mixture

• saturated

• homogeneous mixture

• mixture

A combination of substances that can be separated by physical means

• solute

• mixture

• atom

• matter

The lemonade in this glass is what type of mixture?

• Heterogeneous

• Homogeneous

What type of mixture is shown?

• Homogeneous

• Heterogeneous