6th Grade Pure Substances and Mixtures vocab

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Matter

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Anything that takes up space and has mass.

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Pure Substance

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A material made of only one kind of particle (like gold or distilled water).

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Homogeneous Mixture (Solution)

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A mixture that looks the same all the way through because the parts are mixed evenly (like saltwater or Kool-Aid).

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Heterogeneous Mixture

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A mixture where you can see the different parts because they are not mixed evenly (like salad or trail mix).

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Physical Property

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Something you can observe or measure about a substance without changing what it is.

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Magnetism

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The ability of a material to be attracted to a magnet.

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Solubility

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How easily a substance dissolves in a liquid, like sugar in water.

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Relative Density

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Tells whether something will sink or float in a liquid.

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Solution

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A type of homogeneous mixture where one substance dissolves in another.