Key Concept Review (Pg 164)

1. A pure substance is made up of one type of element or compound,while a mixture contains two or more pure substances that are notchemically combined. Examples of pure substances are potassium (oranother element) and water (or another compound). Students maygive any solution, suspension, or mechanical mixture as an exampleof a mixture; examples include salt water, salad dressing, and aneedle in a haystack.

2. A chemical change is a process, or change in matter, that results inthe formation of a new substance or substances.

3. (a) solid gas = sublimation

(b) solid liquid = melting

(c) liquid gas = evaporation

(d) liquid solid = freezing (or solidification)

(e) gas liquid = condensation

(f) gas solid = deposition (sometimes called sublimation)

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Connect Your Understanding

10. (a) Leaves changing colour suggests a chemical change, as a new substance is formed.

(b) A precipitate forming suggests a chemical change, as a new substance is formed.

(c) Water boiling is a physical change, as it is simply a change of state.

11. Water forms droplets on a smooth surface, such as a countertop, due

to lack of adhesion between the water and the surface and cohesion of

the water to itself; particles in the water attract one another and stick

together.

12. The following are examples of different types of mixtures with

different arrangements of parts.

(a) A drink made by dissolving drink crystals in water is a solution

(homogeneous mixture).

(b) A cup of tea with leaves in it is a mechanical mixture

(heterogeneous mixture).

(c) Tomato juice is a suspension (heterogeneous mixture).

13. Many substances will undergo a chemical reaction if heated.

Examples may vary but could include paper, which will burn with

sufficient heating, and baking powder, which releases carbon dioxide

gas when heated.

Key Concept Review (Pg 206)

1. The smallest amount of an element that can exist is an atom.

2.

Particle / Charge / Location in Atom / Relative Mass
electron / 1− / shells or energy levels / tiny (1)
neutron / 0 / nucleus / huge (1837)

3. 2, 8, 8

4. Students should list three of the halogens (fluorine, chlorine,

bromine, and iodine). Students’ answers to the second part of the

question may vary but could include a shared property such as having

noticeable colours or being very reactive.

5. (a) plumbum

(b) Pb

6. Students’ answers may vary but could include carbon, phosphorus,

sulphur, and selenium.

7. An insulator does not allow the flow of electrons or heat. A conductor

does. Silicon is an example of a weak conductor.

8. (a) technetium

(b) dysprosium

9. (a) 4

(b) 2

(c) helium

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11.(a) The fact that mercury is shiny and silver in colour probably led

early chemists to classify it as a metal.

(b) Unlike most metals, mercury is liquid at room temperature.

12. (a) In general, the number of protons (or atomic number) and atomic

mass increases steadily from the first element in the periodic table

to the last.

(b) Yes, there are some exceptions to this pattern: in a few cases,

atomic mass does not increase from one element to the next.

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Connect Your Understanding

13. Students’ answers may vary but could include the following: People

have known about gold since ancient times when Latin was spoken.

Since aurum was the Latin term for gold, it made sense to assign the

symbol Au to gold, and not worth the effort or confusion to change

the symbol to Go, which is a word in its own right.

14. Mendeleev placed the elements in his periodic table in order of

increasing mass of their atoms, while at the same time grouping them

according to their properties.

15. (a) Diamond is made of carbon. Carbon also occurs in pure form as

graphite or coal; students need to give only one example.

(b) Students’ answers may vary but could include burning coal for

energy, using graphite for pencils, and making jewellery out of

diamonds.

(c) Some of the environmental issues relating to the use of carbon are

those associated with mining; also, burning coal produces air

pollution and greenhouse gases that can contribute to climate

change.

16. (a) Students’ answers may vary. For example: I would use silicon

(Si) and/or tin (Sn) to predict the properties of Mendeleev’s new

element as they are in the same column in the figure. Elements in

the same column in the modern periodic table (or same row of

Mendeleev's table) have the same properties.

(b) Students’ answers may vary but could include any estimate

between the atomic mass of gallium (69.72 amu) and arsenic

(74.92 amu).

(c) Students’ answers may vary but could include any shade between

light grey to dark grey.

(d) germanium

(e) Mendeleev did not predict an atomic number for eka-silicon

because the concept of protons did not yet exist.

17. Students’ answers may vary but could include advances in

technology, the discovery of subatomic particles such as protons, and

developments in atomic theory.

18. New elements created in a lab have many more subatomic particles

than most common elements, such as iron. These new elements have

high atomic numbers, since all the lower atomic number elements

have been accounted for.

19. Students’ answers may vary but could include a poster or

announcement about the danger of adding sodium to water or

allowing sulphur to react with air.