Module 15 Physical Science Vocabulary (15)

One of the two main divisions of matter, this type of matter has a fixed composition.

• Substance
• Element
• Compound
• Mixture

A substance made up of atoms that are all alike.

• Mixture
• Compound
• Isotope
• Element

A substance with atoms of two or more elements that are chemically combined in a fixed proportion.

• element
• compound
• mixture
• colloid

A mixture in which different materials remain distinct (can tell them apart).

• Isogeneous Mixture
• Homogeneous Mixture
• Colloid
• Heterogeneous Mixture

A heterogeneous mixture made up of a liquid and solid particles that settle to the bottom.

• colloid
• suspension
• compound
• pure substance

A hetergeneous mixture with particles that never settle; paint and milk are examples.

• colloid
• suspension
• homogeneous mixture

The scattering of light as it passes through a colloid.

• The Colloidal effect
• The Tyndall effect
• The Suspension effect
• The Newton effect

A mixture that remains constantly and uniformly mixed and contains particles so small they cant be see with a microscope

• Homogeneous Mixture
• Heterogeneous Mixture
• Colloid
• Pure Substance

A homogeneous mixture.

• colloid
• pure substance
• element
• solution

Any characteristic of a material that you can observe without changing the identity of the substance.

• Physical Property
• Chemical Property