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Chemistry

Chapter 1: Matter and Change

Study Guide

Section 1: Chemistry is a Physical Science

1. Chemistry is _____________________________________________________

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2. List the major branches of chemistry.

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

f.

Section 2: Matter and Its Properties

1. How are mass and matter related?___________________________________

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2. What is the difference between an atom and an element? ________________

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3. What is the difference between an element and a compound? _______________

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4. How does a physical change differ from a chemical change?_________________

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5. Identify each of the following as either a physical change or chemical change:

a. a piece of paper torn in half

b. a piece of paper burned with

your burner

c. milk souring (first step to

making cheese)

d. aluminum reacting to form

copper

e. salt dissolving in water

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6. What are the four states of matter?

a.______________________

b.______________________ Circle the one you think is most common in

c.______________________ the universe!

d.______________________

7. How does a solid differ from a gas on a molecular level? __________________

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8. What is the difference between a mixture and a pure substance? ___________

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9. How does a heterogeneous mixture differ from a homogeneous mixture? ___

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10. Why are elements and compounds considered pure substances?

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11. Identify the following as an element, compound, homogeneous mixture, or

heterogeneous mixture:

f. Whole Milk

g. Water (H2O)

h. Copper (Cu)

i. Kool-Aid™

j. Air

k. Bronze (Cu mixed with Sn)

l. Gold (Au)

m. Trail mix

n. Hand sanitizer

o. Carbon dioxide (CO2)

12. Why do we say salt (NaCl) is a pure substance but saltwater (NaCl + H2O) is a

mixture? What’s the difference?

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13. For the following properties, choose if either a physical property or a chemical

property.

a. The boiling point of water is 100⁰C.

b. Hydrogen is a gas at room temperature.

c. Gasoline can burn in air.

d. Lithium is a soft.

e. Silver is a good conductor.

f. Platinum is nonreactive.

g. Mercury is a liquid at 10⁰C.

h. Gold is has a high density.

i. Glass does not conduct electricity well.

j. Water has a freezing point of 0.00⁰C.

Section 3: Elements & the Periodic Table

1. Indicate (by circled letter) the following on the table above:

A. where the metals are located

B. where the nonmetals are located

C. a period

D. a group or family

E. where the metalloids are located

2. Give three properties of a metal.

a. _____________________________________________________

b._____________________________________________________

c._____________________________________________________

3. Give three properties of a nonmetal.

a. _____________________________________________________

b. _____________________________________________________

c. _____________________________________________________