Chemistry Reading Guide Chapter 1 Name _______________________
Types of matter Period _____ Date ____________
1. On page 4, the section, “Composition, Structure, and Behavior,” is very important. Please read it carefully then answer the next few questions. How does the text define chemistry?
2. What is the text’s more formal definition of matter?
3. What is mass?
4. The text discusses the fact that matter takes up space. What is another way to say this? (Matter has __________________).
5. For the illustration with the female on page 5, the caption indicates that aspirin and table sugar (sucrose) are both composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. If they are made of the same elements, why do they have different properties?
6. From Figure 1.3 on page 6, list 6 properties of iron.
7. Look at the picture on page 7. What would be different about the scene if the picture were taken today?
8. Skip to page 14. What is the title of this section?
9. What do you predict this section will discuss?
10. Copy the second sentence of the section, “Pure substance or a mixture?”
11. How does the text define substance on page 15?
12. Why are sand and sucrose both considered pure substances?
13. Skip to page 24. Read the first paragraph in the section, “Elements: The Building Blocks.” A compound is one type of pure substance. How does the text describe a compound?
14. On page 30 is another definition of a compound. What is this definition?
15. Read the rest of the text paragraph on page 30. How do the properties of a compound compare to the properties of the elements that make it up?
16. Notice the pictures illustrating figure 1.19. Does the compound silver bromide, which is made from the elements silver and bromine, resemble those elements?
17. How does the text describe an element on page 24? (Note the text both before and after the highlighted word.)
18. Read the section, “Mixed Matter” on page 15. Why, when sand and sugar are stirred together, is the result considered a mixture and not a pure substance?
19. How does the text define mixture on page 18?
20. On page 21 there are pictures of orange juice and granite. Why are they considered to be heterogeneous mixtures? (Read the paragraph about the pictures.)
21. At the bottom of page 22 read the definition of homogeneous mixture. How do homogeneous mixtures differ from heterogeneous mixtures?
22. What is another name for a homogeneous mixture?
23. In the text part of page 23 some examples of solutions are provided. What are the components of air?
24. What is an alloy?
25. Steel is an alloy. What are the substances that are mixed to make steel?
26. Are all solutions liquid?