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Pure Substances and Mixtures

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Substances that are made up of ONLY one type of atom (element) or compound.

a)

Heterogeneous mixture

b)

Pure substance

c)

Suspension

d)

Homogeneous mixture

2.

Which of the following is classified as a pure substance?

a)

Lemonade

b)

Fruit punch

c)

ketchup

d)

Hydrogen

3.
What is matter?
a)
Anything that has mass and occupies space
b)
Anything that has mass
c)
Anything that is made of air
d)
ALL of them 
4.
Which of the following is a pure substance? 
a)
Water
b)
Sugar
c)

Gold

d)
ALL of them
5.

Chicken adobo is a ______.

a)

pure substance

b)

mixture

6.

Which of the following is NOT a mixture?

a)

milk

b)

lemonade

c)

vegetable salad

d)

carbon

7.

Which of these is an element?

a)

Salt (NaCl)

b)

Water (H20)

c)

Oxygen (O)

d)

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

8.

Which of these is a compound?

a)

Aluminium (Al)

b)

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

c)

Nitrogen (N)

d)

Sand

9.

True or False: Elements and compounds are pure substances.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Neon is colorless, a poor conductor of heat and is not able to be stretched. How would it be classified?

a)

Nonmetal

b)

Metalloid

c)

Metal

d)

None of the above

11.

Manganese is shiny, conducts heat and electricity, and can be hammered into thin sheets. What is it?

a)

Nonmetal

b)

Metal

c)

Metalloid

d)

None of the above

12.

What properites do nonmetals have in common?

a)

Poor conductor of electricity

b)

Good conductor of thermal energy

c)

Soft and Malleable

d)

Shiny, lustrous surface

13.

This word is used to describe a substance that breaks apart easily and is weak and fragile.

a)

Conductivity

b)

Ductile

c)

Malleable

d)

Brittle

14.

Metals are _______.

a)

dull, brittle, insulators.

b)

shiny or dull, brittle, semiconductors.

c)

shiny, malleable, conductors.

d)

shiny, dull, insulators.

15.
Anytime you see the word SEMICONDUCTOR - what substance do you have?
a)
Metal
b)
Nonmetal
c)
Metalloid