Classification of Matter

What do you call anything that has mass and volume?

• Atom

• Solid

• Matter

• Element

These are the building blocks of matter?

• Particles

• Compound

• Element

• Atoms

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

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It has a fixed arrangement of atoms. Hard and rigid. Have exact volume?

• Gas

• Solids

• Liquid

• Matter

A kind of matter that has no definite shape but has a definite volume. Particles slide past each other. Follows the shape of their container.

• Liquid

• Gas

• Clay

• Mixture

Tags

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What is the state of matter where atoms do not have regular pattern of arrangement and have greatest distance between atoms. It does not have a definite shape and volume?

• Pure substance

• Mixture

• Matter

• Gas

It has a definite composition and unique set of properties. Its composition does not vary. It is made up of only one kind of atom, a group of the same kind of atoms, or different kinds of atoms that are bonded together.

• Mixture

• Pure Substance

• Compound

• Element

It is a pure substance made up of only one kind of atom.

• Element

• Mixture

• Suspension

• Colloid

It is made of two or more elements that are chemically combined.

• Suspension

• Compound

• Colloid

• Solute

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

It is made of two or more substances that are physically combined. The substances combined may be separated physically.

• Solute

• Solvent

• Colloid

• Mixture

It is a mixture that has a uniform appearance. Substances combined cannot be identified.

• Heterogenous Mixture

• Suspension

• Homogenous mixture

• Colloid