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pure substance, compound help
« on: April 13, 2009, 04:32:43 AM »
This has bugging me the last week:

1. Read the following passage. Identify at least one thing that can be classified as a solid, a
liquid, a gas, a homogeneous mixture, a heterogeneous mixture, a physical property, a
physical change, a chemical change, a pure substance, an element, a compound, kinetic
energy, and potential energy. You cannot repeat any of your answers. For example, if the
passage mentioned carbon dioxide, you cannot list it for both a gas and a pure substance.

Passage: One day in California, a family decided to go to the amusement park. It was a
beautiful day and the air was clear with no smog in site. When the family arrived, the
children ran to the gate and held onto the iron bars gleaming inside. They were so excited.
Their parents got the blue tickets, the ticket-take tore their tickets and the family headed
inside. Once inside, they headed straight for the water ride, where the youngest child got
sopping wet. After a few rides, the children were hungry, so they stopped to eat hamburgers
and Slushies. The oldest boy did not like Slushies, so they got him a sports drink. They stayed
at the park until the sun went down. All of a sudden, they heard an explosion and saw
fireworks in the sky. After the fireworks, the family headed home since the children were
tired. What a wonderful family outing.

This is what I have:

Solid – gate
Liquid – sports drink
Gas – smog
Homogeneous – air
Heterogeneous – hamburger
Physical property – blue ticket
Physical change – youngest child got wet
Chemical change – explosion of fireworks
Pure substance –
Element – iron
Compound – water
Kinetic energy – children ran
Potential energy – slushies

suggestions?

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Re: pure substance, compound help
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2009, 09:36:58 PM »
Nobody? Seriously?

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Re: pure substance, compound help
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2009, 10:26:38 PM »
A pure substance is an element or a compound, that consists of only one component. Read it again and again until you see it, because i see it clearly.

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Re: pure substance, compound help
« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2009, 12:07:00 AM »
And it's not a repeat answer?

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Re: pure substance, compound help
« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2009, 04:40:02 AM »
Iron is an element so it is a pure substance. A bit tricky, but think about it :]

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Re: pure substance, compound help
« Reply #5 on: April 14, 2009, 05:20:15 PM »
The question said not to repeat any answers and as I answered that iron is the element, I cannot use iron as my answer for a pure substance.

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Re: pure substance, compound help
« Reply #6 on: April 14, 2009, 06:07:50 PM »
Pure substance –
Element – iron
Compound – water

I can be missing something, but as you can't repeat answers I don't see a way of answering all three.
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Re: pure substance, compound help
« Reply #7 on: April 14, 2009, 06:08:56 PM »
Technically smog is an aerosol

A physical change is not getting wet

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Re: pure substance, compound help
« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2009, 08:37:51 PM »
The question said not to repeat any answers and as I answered that iron is the element, I cannot use iron as my answer for a pure substance.

I never said to write Iron next to anything, I'm telling you Iron is an element and also a pure substance. It's true though, tell that to whoever asked these problems.

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