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properties of matter
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is matter? | anything that takes up space and has mass |
| what are two categories of pure substances? | element and compound |
| what is an element? | it is a substance that cannot be broken down into smaller substances |
| why does an element have a fixed, uniform composition? | because it contains only one type of atom |
| what is a compound? | it is a substance that is made from two or more simpler substances and can be broken down into smaller substances |
| true or false. the smallest particle of an element is an atom | true. |
| true or false. every sample of a pure substance has exactly the same composition and the same properties. | true. |