Name________________________ Period ___________ Date__________

Elements, Compounds and Mixtures

1. Classify each of the following as elements (E), compounds (C), Heterogeneous mixture (HM) or
homogenous mixture (S). Write the letter X if it is none of these.

__Diamond (C) __Water (H2O) __Dry Ice (CO2)

__Sugar (C6H12O6) __Alcohol (CH3OH) __Baking Soda (NaHCO3)

__Milk __Pail of Garbage __Titanium (Ti)

__Air _Ammonia (NH3) __Iron (Fe)

__Sulfuric Acid (H2SO4) __Salt (NaCl) __Popcorn and seeds

__Gasoline __Noodle Soup __Gold (Au)

__Krypton (K) __Wood __Book

__Bismuth (Bi) __Salt Water __A dog

__Uranium (U) __Ink __Concrete

2. Match each diagram with its correct description. Diagrams will be used once.

A B C D E

_ Pure Element – only one type of atom present.

__ Mixture of two elements – two types of uncombined atoms present.

__ Pure compound – only one type of compound present.

__ Mixture of two compounds – two types of compounds present.

__ Mixture of a compound and an element.

3. Draw a tree diagram to show how matter is classified.

4. Copper is described as an element. What does that tell us about copper?

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5. What is a compound?
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6. What is the difference between a pure substance and a mixture?
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7. What is the main difference between a heterogeneous and a homogeneous mixture?

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8. How does particle size of a solution compare with that of a suspension?
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9. How does particle size of a suspension compare with that of a colloid?
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10. Match the statements by placing (solution, suspension or colloid) beside it.
a. Does not transmit light _____________
b. Can be separated by filtration ________________
c. Will not settle out after standing _______________
11. Classify each of the following as solution, a suspension or a colloid.
a. Mayonnaise _____________
b. Chalk dust in water _______________
c. Fog _____________
d. White vinegar ___________________
12. Read each description and determine whether it is a pure substance or mixture. Then further classify
the matter (element, compound, homogeneous mixture, heterogeneous mixture)

Description Pure Substance Classification?

 or Mixture?
1. Chocolate syrup is added to milk and stirred Homogenous
Mixture
mixture (solution)

2. Copper metal (used to make wires) Pure substance Element

Heterogeneous
3. Sand is added to water Mixture
Mixture

4. Distilled water Pure substance Compound

5. Tap water Heterogeneous

Mixture
mixture

6. Diamond Pure substance Element

7. Table sugar Pure substance Compound

Homogeneous
8. Table sugar added to a cup of coffee and stirred Mixture
mixture (solution)

Homogeneous
9. Kool-aid is added to water Mixture
mixture (solution)

Homogeneous
10. Coca-cola Mixture
mixture

11. Helium gas (used to inflate a balloon) Pure substance Element

12. Mercury metal (used in old thermometers) Pure substance Element

13. Hydrogen gas (an explosive gas) Pure substance Element

14. Trail mix (peanuts, pretzels and m&m's) Heterogeneous

Mixture
mixture

Homogeneous
15. The air we breathe Mixture
mixture (solution)

13. Define each separation technique. Then come up with 3 everyday examples for each.

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b. Crystallization is____________________________________________________
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c. Distillation is____________________________________________________
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d. Chromatography is__________________________________________________
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14. Classify the following changes as Chemical or Physical Changes, and provide a reason for your answer:

Change Chemical or Physical Reason

You cut your hair Physical It’s still hair

Mixing sugar and water Physical Even if sugar is dissolved in water, it’s still
the same substance. No new substance is
created.

Making a peanut, pretzel and Physical Still peanuts, pretzels and cereal
cereal mixture

Baking soda reacts with Chemical Difficult to reverse, gas is formed

vinegar and forms a gas

A piece of metal is bent in Physical Able to bend it back to its original form
half

Methanol is burned and Chemical Unable to reverse

leaves a residue New substance is formed

An aspirin is crushed into Physical Changing from solid into powder but still
fine powder aspirin

Copper turns green when Chemical Colour change, new substance is formed
exposed to the environment

Two clear liquids are mixed Chemical Colour change

and a yellow color forms
Baking cookies Chemical Hard to reverse

Diamonds are used to scratch Physical Can fix the glass, still glass
glass

A tree burns to form ashes Chemical Can’t reverse this, new substance is formed
(soot)

Water freezes to form ice Physical Can reverse by melting

Glass Breaking Physical Can fix the glass, still glass

Water evaporates into steam Physical Reverse by condensation, still water

15. It wouldn’t make much sense to measure a teardrop by the kiloliter or Mr. Cirello by the mile. Using
the metric system come up with something you would measure that would be appropriate considering
the prefix.

Kilo

Base
unit

milli

16. How many/much of a decade(s) are in ONE second? Must use dimensional analysis (hint: which is the
given and which is the unknown?)
17. Rewrite each of the following in proper scientific notation, including only the significant
figures.

a. 60 212 000 000 : ____________________________

b. 0.0012305000 : _____________________________
c. 27185 : _____________________________
d. 0.0021530 : ______________________________

18. A golden-colored cube is handed to you. The person wants you to buy it for $100, saying that is a gold
nugget. You pull out your old geology text and look up gold in the mineral table, and read that its
density is 19.3 g/cm3. You measure the cube and find that it is 2 cm on each side, and weighs 40 g.
What is its density? Is it gold? Should you buy it?