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C1 - The particulate nature of matter

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Total cards: 14•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

What are the 3 states of matter

Back (Answer)

solid, liquid and gas

#2
Front (Question)

What is an atom

Back (Answer)

the smallest particle of matter

#3
Front (Question)

What is a molecule

Back (Answer)

a small particle made from more than one atom bonded together

#4
Front (Question)

What is an element

Back (Answer)

A substance made of only one type of atom

#5
Front (Question)

What is a compound

Back (Answer)

A substance made from two or more different elements chemically bonded together

#6
Front (Question)

What is a mixture

Back (Answer)

A substance made from two or more elements or compounds mixed but not chemically bonded

#7
Front (Question)

What are the properties of a solid

Back (Answer)

Have a fixed shape Can’t be compressed Particles are closely pact and have a regular pattern Particles vibrate around a fixed point

#8
Front (Question)

What are the properties of a liquid

Back (Answer)

Particles are very close but can move and flow freely past one another Have a fixed volume but can change shape and filled container When heated particle speed increases

#9
Front (Question)

What are the properties of a gas

Back (Answer)

Particles are far apart and move randomly in all directions Gases change shape Particles move fast

#10
Front (Question)

What are changing states in particles

Back (Answer)

particles gain or lose energy from heating or cooling To change from solid to liquid heat energy must be put in and provides particles with enough energy to overcome the forces holding them together To change from liquid to solid involves cooling removing heat which makes the particles come closer together and bond

#11
Front (Question)

What are the different types of changing states

Back (Answer)

Solid to liquid = melting liquid to solid = freezing liquid to gas = boiling gas to liquid = condensation solid to gas = sublimation gas to solid = deposition

#12
Front (Question)

Test for diffusion of soluble solid in water

Back (Answer)

potassium permanganate test The purple color diffuses when dropped into water. It diffuses across the water until the color concentration is evenly spread out.

#13
Front (Question)

What experiment is used to show the effect of molecular mass on the rate of diffusion

Back (Answer)

hydrogen chloride ammonia test. Soak a piece of cotton wool in aqueous ammonia (gives off ammonia gas) and another piece of cotton wool in hydrochloric acid (gives off hydrogen chloride gas). Place the two cotton wool balls at opposite ends of a glass tube and bung the ends. The two gases diffuse and form a white ring of ammonium chloride. The white ring forms closer to the end where the hydrochloric acid was. The particles of ammonia are smaller and lighter than the particles of hydrogen chloride, so they diffuse faster.

#14
Front (Question)

Diffusion is the

Back (Answer)

net movement of particles through a gas or liquid from high concentration to a low concentration to create a uniform concentration gradient