Basic Concepts of Matter

What is the measure of the amount of matter in an object called?

• Volume

• Mass

• Density

• Atom

Which term describes the amount of space that an object takes up?

• Density

• Mass

• Volume

• Atom

What is the ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume of the substance?

• Volume

• Mass

• Density

• Atom

What is the smallest unit of an element that maintains the properties of that element?

• Molecule

• Atom

• Compound

• Mixture

What is a single kind of matter that is pure and has a specific set of properties?

• Mixture

• Compound

• Substance

• Element

What type of property can be identified, observed, or measured without changing the substance?

• Chemical property

• Physical property

• Density

• Volume

What describes how a material reacts with another substance?

• Physical property

• Chemical property

• Density

• Volume

What is the simplest pure substance made of just one type of atom?

• Compound

• Mixture

• Element

• Molecule

What is formed when two or more atoms are held together by chemical bonds?

• Element

• Mixture

• Molecule

• Atom

What is a substance made from more than one element joined by a chemical bond?

• Mixture

• Compound

• Element

• Atom