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Elements, Compounds & Mixtures

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How can you get a sample of salt from seawater?

a)

Evaporate the water off

b)

Filter the seawater

c)

Add oil and decant off the top layer

d)

Make a chromatogram

2.

All of the following are elements EXCEPT:

a)

Carbon

b)

Aluminum

c)

Ammonia

d)

Platinum

3.

An element can be defined as …

a)

a mixture of different compounds

b)

a pure compound

c)

a substance made of only one type of atom

d)

a substance made up of two or more types of atom

4.

A liquid that dissolves other substances is called a …

a)

Solution

b)

Solvent

c)

Solute

d)

Suspension

5.

A substance that contains two or more different types of atoms chemically bonded together and are difficult to separate is…

a)

An element

b)

A compound

c)

A mixture

d)

None of the above

6.

A _____________ is a mixture of fine particles of insoluble solid spread throughout a liquid.

a)

Solution

b)

Solute

c)

Suspension

d)

Solute

7.

Which of the following substances is NOT a solution?

a)

Sea Water

b)

Lemonade

c)

Sugar water

d)

Milk

8.

Which of the following is the chemical symbol for Tungsten?

a)

W

b)

K

c)

T

d)

Tg

9.

Ag is the chemical symbol for...

a)

Gold

b)

Silver

c)

Platinum

d)

Copper

10.

All of the following are elements EXCEPT?

a)

Sulphur

b)

Carbon

c)

Copper

d)

Water

11.

All of the following are compounds EXCEPT?

a)

Salt

b)

Water

c)

Mercury

d)

Ammonia

12.

All of the following are mixtures EXCEPT?

a)

Seawater

b)

Milk

c)

Paint

d)

Ammonia

13.

All of the following are solutions EXCEPT?

a)

Seawater

b)

Sugar water

c)

Lemonade

d)

Chalky water

14.

All of the following are suspensions EXCEPT?

a)

Seawater

b)

Muddy water

c)

Chalky water

d)

Milk

15.

___________ is a mixture of a dissolved substance (or substances) in a solvent (liquid).

a)

Solution

b)

Suspension

c)

Solute

d)

Compound

16.

What are substances that allow light to pass through them called?

a)

Suspensions

b)

Solutes

c)

Compounds

d)

Solutions

17.

___________ are substances that contain only one type of atom.

a)

Solutions

b)

Suspensions

c)

Elements

d)

Compounds

18.

The chemical symbol for Mercury is...

a)

H

b)

Hg

c)

M

d)

Mu

19.

What type of substance is Tea?

a)

Element

b)

Compound

c)

Mixture

d)

None of these

20.

K is the chemical symbol for...

a)

Krypton

b)

Platinum

c)

Magnessium

d)

Potassium