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Background: Matter is the material of the (1)___________________ and can be defined as anything that has mass and
takes up (2) ___________________. Most of the matter around us consists of mixtures of many (3) ________________.
Soil, air, lemonade, and wood are all mixtures. The main characteristic of a mixture is that it has a variable
(4)__________________. For example, soil is a (5)___________________ of many substances with varying proportions,
depending on the type of soil and where it is found.
Word Bank: space mixture
substances
soil
universe
composition
Mixtures can be classified as either (6)__________________ or homogeneous. A heterogeneous mixture is a mixture that
is not uniform in composition. If one portion of the mixture were to be sampled, its composition would be
(7)_______________ from the composition of another portion. A chocolate chip cookie is a
heterogeneous mixture because the number of chips varies throughout the cookie. Soil,
containing bits of decayed material along with sand, silt, and/or clay, is also a heterogeneous
mixture. Other (8)__________________ of heterogeneous mixtures are sand in water and vinegar-and-oil dressing. A
(9)________________is a type of heterogeneous mixture where the particles are dispersed throughout a fluid. However,
the particles in a suspension tend to settle to the bottom of the fluid.
Word Bank: examples suspension heterogeneous
different
A homogeneous mixture, also called a solution, is a mixture that has a completely (10) _____________ composition. The
components of the mixture are evenly distributed (11) ________________ the sample. Air, salt water, and brass are
examples of homogeneous mixtures, or solutions. Air is a (12) _______________ solution consisting of a mixture of
gases; salt water is a liquid solution, and (13) ____________________is a solid solution of copper and zinc. A colloid is
a type of homogenous mixture that is thick and gooey. Gels, glue and (14) __________________are examples of
colloids.
brass
Jell-O
gaseous
uniform
Mixtures, both homogeneous and heterogeneous, can be (15) ___________________ into pure substances by physical
Word Bank: throughout
methods. A pure substance is one with a uniform and definite composition. Pure substances can be divided into two
groups: elements and compounds. (16) _________________ are the simplest forms of matter, which cannot be
decomposed into simpler substances by any chemical or physical means. Elements are the building blocks for all other
substances. Some examples of elements include hydrogen, (17) _______________, carbon, and sulfur. Elements can
combine with one another to form (18) ___________________. Compounds are substances composed of two or more
elements chemically combined that can be separated into simpler substances only by (19) ___________________means.
Water, for example, is a compound because pure water is composed of only H 20 molecules. Each
molecule of water is a chemical combination of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.
Water can be decomposed into its elements only by chemical means. A process called
electrolysis, where an electric current is passed through the (20) _______________, is used to
break it down into its component elements, hydrogen and oxygen.
Word Bank: chemical
separated
Elements
oxygen
atom
compounds
water
chemical
different
composition