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composition of matter
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a type of matter with a fixed composition | substance |
| a substance in which all of the atoms are the same | element |
| 2 or more elements combined in a fixed proportion | compound |
| a mixture in which different materials can be distinguished | heterogeneous mixture |
| a mixture in which substances are blended evenly throughout | homogeneous mixture |
| another name for a homogeneous mixture with particles that are extremely small | solution |
| a mixture with particles larger than those in solutions but not heavy enough to settle | colloid |
| the scattering of light by a colloid | Tyndall effect |
| a heterogeneos mixture with large particles that will settle | suspension |
| any characteristic of a material that you can observe without changing its identity | physical property |
| a change in size, shape , or state of matter | physical change |
| seperating substances by evaporating a liquid and recondensing its vapor | distillation |
| a characteristic of a substance that indicates whether it can undergo a chemical change | chemical property |
| a change of one substance to another | chemical change |
| the mass of all substances before a chemical change equals the mass of all the substances after the change | law of conservation of mass |