Scientia Academy Chemistry (Elements, Compounds and Mixtures) Name:

Q.1) Define
i) Element

ii) Mixture

iii) Solution

iv) Compound

B) Fill in the blanks.

i)Solution have the same ____________________ and ________________ throughout the
mixture.

ii) Atoms, which are pure substances, are much to __________ for us to see.

iii) In solutions, the _______ is the substance that is dissolved, and the __________ is the
substance that does the dissolving.

iv) A mixture results from what type of change?

a. Physical
b. Chemical

C)True or false:
a) An element is an example of a pure substance. __________
b) The components of a mixture need to mixed in a specific ratio. __________

D) i)Each element has its own set of unique properties known as characteristic properties. List the
different characteristic properties mentioned.
Physical characteristic properties Chemical characteristic properties
1. What is formed when two or more atoms join together chemically?
_________________________
2. What is formed when two or more different kinds of atoms or elements join together
chemically?
_________________________
3. What are the steps to making a solution?

Q.3 What are the differences between elements, compounds and mixtures? Fill in the chart
below using bullet points.

ELEMENTS COMPOUNDS MIXTURES

Q.4 Label the following as an element, compound, or neither

Q.5 Complete the table
Mixtures Compounds
Made of elements, Made of elements
compounds, or both
___________ in original _______ in original properties of
properties of components compoenents
Separated by _________ Separated by _________
means means
Formed using ________ ratio Formed using a ______ ratio of
of compoenents components

Q. 6 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

2. Copper metal (used to make wires)

3. Sand is added to water

4. Distilled water

5. Diamond

7. Table sugar

8. Table sugar added to a cup of coffee and stirred

9. Kool-aid is added to water

10. Coca-cola

11. Helium gas (used to inflate a balloon)

12. Mercury metal (used in old thermometers)

13. Hydrogen gas (an explosive gas)

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

15. The air webreathe

Q.7 A) Here are the names of five elements and one compound. [2]

a. Which element is a gas in air?____________________________________

b. Give the name of a metal. _______________________________________
c. Which element is a solid non-metal? _______________________________
d. Which substance is a chemical compound? ___________________________

B)The lists below show some metals and their uses. [2]
Draw lines to link each metal to its use.

Q.2 Bruce was having a barbecue. He used charcoal as a fuel. The tongs that Bruce was using were
made of metal, with wooden handles.
a) Why are the handles of the barbecue tong made of wood and not metal?

b) Bruce dropped one of the pieces of charcoal and it broke when it hit the ground.
Tick the word that describes things which shatter in this way?

c) The four statements about charcoal are true. Tick one box which shows a property that is more
like a metal than a non-metal.

[Total 3M]
Q.3 Samantha opened a tin of white paint. The paint consisted of a liquid and particles of titanium
dioxide that are insoluble in the liquid.
The paint had separated into two layers, as shown below.

liquid

particles of insoluble
titanium dioxide
(i) What type of substance is the paint? Tick the correct box.

a compound an element a mixture

(ii) What type of substance is titanium dioxide? Tick the correct box.

a compound an element a mixture

(iii) Why did the particles of insoluble titanium dioxide sink to the bottom?

[Total 3M]

Q.4 Copper can be obtained from its ore, copper sulphide, in two stages.

First stage heating the ore in air

Copper sulphide reacts with oxygen from the air to form copper oxide
and sulphur dioxide gas.

Second stage heating the copper oxide with carbon

Copper oxide reacts with carbon to form copper and carbon dioxide
gas.

(a) Give the names of three elements mentioned above.

1. .................................................................................................................
2. .................................................................................................................
3. .................................................................................................................

(b) Give the name of one compound mentioned above.

(c) Give the name of the compound, mentioned above which causes ‘acid rain’.

[Total 5M]
Q.6) A teacher mixed iron filings with sulphur on a metal tray.
She heated the mixture in a fume cupboard.
Sulphur is yellow. Iron filings are grey.

The mixture glowed very brightly. The teacher turned off the bunsen burner.
The glow spread through the mixture.
When the mixture cooled, a black solid called iron sulphide was left.
(a) From this information, give one way you can tell that a chemical reaction took place.

(b) What type of substance is each of the chemicals involved in this reaction?
Choose from:

(c) Raj held a magnet near to each of the three chemicals.

By each chemical in the table, write yes or no to show if the chemical was magnetic.

[Total 6M]

Q.7) Meera added blue copper sulphate crystals to some water in a beaker.
The copper sulphate dissolved in the water.
(i) Give one way Meera could see that the copper sulphate had dissolved in the water.
___________________________________________________________________
(ii) Give one way that she could get the copper sulphate to dissolve more quickly.
___________________________________________________________________
(d) Meera poured some of the copper sulphate solution into a dish.
She left it in a warm room for a week.

A week later there was a blue solid but no liquid in the dish.
(i) What happened to the water in the copper sulphate solution?
___________________________________________________________________
(ii) What was the blue solid left in the dish?
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