6.6 Matter Vocabulary Quiz

What are the characteristics of solids?

• Particles flow and change shape

• Particles are spread out and move quickly

• Particles tightly packed and vibrate; definite shape and volume

• Particles are randomly arranged

What are the characteristics of liquids?

• Particles loosely packed; flow past each other; changing shape; definite volume

• Particles tightly packed; definite shape

• Particles move very fast in all directions

• Particles have no volume

What are the characteristics of gases?

• Particles vibrate in place; definite shape

• Particles flow with definite volume

• Particles spread out; move quickly; changing shape and volume

• Particles stay in one spot

What is a pure substance?

• A mix of different substances

• Made of one type of element or compound; cannot be separated physically

• Changes state easily

• Made only of gases

What is an element?

• One type of substance

• Two or more substances mixed

• A combination of gases

• A chemical reaction

What is a compound?

• One type of atom

• 2 or more elements chemically combined

• A type of mixture

• Only solids

What is a homogeneous mixture?

• Mixtures that are the same throughout

• A mixture with visible parts

• A mix of solids and gases

• A mix of elements only

What is a heterogeneous mixture?

• Mixtures that are not the same throughout

• Mixtures that are identical

• Pure substances

• Only liquids

What are the properties of metals?

• Malleable, shiny, good conductors

• Brittle and dull

• Non-conductive and soft

• Always gases

What are the properties of nonmetals?

• Shiny and malleable

• Brittle, dull, insulators

• Semiconductors

• Only found in the center of the periodic table