PS Unit 8 Vocabulary

Front

The study of what things are made of and how things change.

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Chemistry

Front

Matter that always has exactly the same composition, or simply a substance.

Back

Pure Substance

Front

Substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances.

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Element

Front

Substance that is made from two or more simpler substances and can be broken down into those simpler substances.

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Compound

Front

A combination of substances that are not fixed; they can change.

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Mixtures

Front

Parts of the mixture are noticeably different from one another.

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Heterogeneous Mixture

Front

Substances are so evenly distributed that it is difficult to distinguish one substance in the mixture from another.

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Homogeneous Mixture

Front

Anything that has mass and takes up space.

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Matter

Front

The smallest particle of an element.

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Atom

Front

Forms when a substance dissolves and forms a homogeneous mixture.

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Solution