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Earn 100

Sketch a diagram to show a mixture consisting of a combination of a compound and an element.

Important Questions on What is Matter?

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Predict whether the matter of the familiar materials in the table is likely to be pure, and which are likely to be mixtures.

  Material Pure matter? Mixed matter?
a PVC drink bottle    
b Soup    
c Ice cream    
d Yoghurt    
e Coffee    
f Table salt    
g Cake    

 

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While burning a candle what has happened to the wax body of the candle?
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State one physical property that allows you to distinguish between the following paired examples of matter:

Soda water and tap water

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State one physical property that allows you to distinguish between the following paired examples of matter:

sand and salt

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State one physical property that allows you to distinguish between the following paired examples of matter:

Gold and iron

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Outline reasons for standardising conditions in which chemists describe matter.
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Dalton's atomic theory included (a) elements (b) atoms, (c) compounds and ideas about (d) states of matter: solids, liquids and gases.

Briefly describe these terms, using diagrams if necessary.

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A grain of sand can be assumed to be a sphere of diameter 10-4 m. It can be assumed that the particles making the sand grain are 10-10 m in diameter. Estimate the number of atoms in the grain of sand. Express your answer using scientific notation.