Describing and Classifying Matter

A __________________ is a single type of matter that always has a specific makeup or composition

• matter

• substance

• mixture

• compound

anything that has mass and takes up space

• distill

• matter

• physical property

• chemical property

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A physical property is a characteristic that can be observed without:

• looking at it

• experimenting with it

• changing the matter into another type of matter

Examples of physical properties are:

• it reacts to an acid and bubbles

• ability to burn

• color

• odor (how it smells)

Describes somethings ability to become something else.

• physical property

• chemical property

• distillation

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Examples of chemical properties are:

• flammability (ability to burn)

• ability to react

• odor (how it smells)

• color

a substance that has only one type of atom

• element

• compound

• mixture

basic unit from which all matter is made

• compound

• molecule

• atom

• mixture

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substance made of two or more elements that are chemically combined

• mixture

• atom

• compound

What is the chemical formula for this model?

• N₃H

• NH₃

• 3NH

• HN₃

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