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properties of matter
vocab words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is a pure substance | matter that always has the same composition |
| what is an element | a substance that cannot be broken down to simpler substances |
| what is an atom | the smallest form of an element |
| what is a compound | substance made of two or more elements and can be broken down into sipmler substances |
| what is a heterogeneous mixtures | pars of this mixter are easily visible |
| what is a homogeneous mixture | too evenly distributed to be seen |
| what is a solution | subsances dissolve |
| what is a suspension | seperates into layers over time |
| what is a colloid | contains particles that are intermediate in size between small particles in a solution and the larger particles in a suspension. Don't seperate into layers cannot use a filter to separate them Example,fog |