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PS Chapter 15 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a type of matter with a fixed composition | substance |
| substance with atoms that are all alike | element |
| a substance in which the atoms of two or more elements are combined in a fixed proportion | compound |
| mixture in which different materials can be distinguished easily | heterogeneous mixture |
| contains two or more gaseous, liquid, or solid substances blended evenly throughout | homogeneous mixture |
| a homogeneous mixture of particles so small that they cannot be seen with microscope and will never settle to the bottom of their container | solution |
| a type of mixture with particles that are larger than those in solutions but not heavy enough to settle out | colloid |
| scattering of a light beam as it passes through a colloid | tyndall effect |
| heterogeneous mixture containing a liquid in which visible particles settle | suspension |
| any characteristic of a material such as size or shape | physical property |
| any change in size, shape, or state of matter in which the identity of the substance remains the same | physical change |
| process than can separate two substances in a mixture by evaporating a liquid and re condensing its vapor | distillation |
| any characteristic of a substance such as a flammability that indicates whether it can undergo a certain chemical change | chemical property |
| change of one substance into a new substance | chemical change |
| states that the mass of all substances present before a chemical change equals the mass of all the substances remaining after the change | law of conservation of mass |