Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Unit 1A Vocabulary List

matter-anything that occupies space and has mass.

Physical Properties-properties that can be observed and measured without changing the chemical makeup of the substance.

density-the mass of material within a given volume.

freezing point-another physical property

aqueous solution-a water-based solution

pure-clean, distilled

mixture-two or more substances combined, and yet the substances retain their individual properties.

heterogeneous mixture-composition is not the same, or uniform

suspension-a type of heterogeneous mixture if the solid particles are large enough to settle out or can be separated by using filtration.

Tyndall effect-the scattering of light which indicated pure or impure water

colloid-small, solid particles in water.

homogeneous-uniform throughout

homogeneous mixture-a mixture uniform throughout

solutions-homogeneous mixtures

solute-the dissolved substance

solvent-the dissolving agent

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