Week 4 Grade 7 Science Module Mixtures can be in the form of solids, liquids, and/or
gases, in any combination.
Matter is anything that has mass and takes up
space. Remember the chocolate chip cookies at
the beginning of the unit? All of the ingredients are
examples of matter. A mixing spoon is an example
of matter. Your entire body is made of matter!
Matter can be broken down into two categories:
pure substances and mixtures. Pure substances
are further broken down into elements and
compounds. Mixtures are physically combined
structures that can be separated into their original
components.
The apple juice in Figure 1 is labelled as 100 %
apple juice. Does this mean that the juice is made
of only one kind of matter? Does it have only one
kind of particle in it?
Apple juice is actually a mixture of water particles,
sugar particles, flavour particles, and vitamin
particles. Apple juice may look like one kind of Mixtures can be solids, liquids, or gases, or even
matter, but it contains many kinds of particles all combinations of these. Steel, batteries, and cookies
mixed together. are all mixtures in the solid state. Antifreeze and
milk are mixtures in the liquid state. The air you
breathe is a mixture of gases. Many mixtures that
we use, such as the mixtures inside compact
fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) and batteries, include
some pure substances that can be harmful if they
escape into the environment. CFLs contain
mercury. Some batteries contain cadmium while
others contain lead. Mercury, cadmium, and lead
are all pure substances that are toxic to both
Most examples of matter in everyday life contain
animals and people. We should not dispose of
more than one kind of particle. Some types of
CFLs and batteries in the regular garbage. We
matter, however, do contain only one kind of
should carefully collect them and deposit them at
particle (Figure 2). A piece of aluminum foil
special recycling stations, where their components
contains only one kind of particle. Each aluminum
can be separated out and recycled.
particle is the same as every other aluminum
particle. White table sugar is made of only sugar
Activity 1:
particles.
Six of the possible kinds of mixtures are:
a) a mixture of gases
b) a mixture of liquids
c) a mixture of solids
d) a mixture of gases in a liquid
e) a mixture of solids in a liquid
f) a mixture of solids and gases
In each picture on the following page, there is an
arrow that points to a mixture described in the list
above. Write the letter that shows what kind of
mixture it is below each picture.
A pure substance contains only one type of particle.
Substances don't usually occur in their pure form in
nature, so in order to obtain pure substances,
people must refine raw materials. Some examples
of pure substances are gold, aluminum, and sugar.
Raw materials, and many substances around us,
are actually examples of mixtures. Mixtures are
substances that consist of combinations of two or
more pure substances, or different particles.
Direction: Put a check () if the following statement
is True or False.
Summary:
A pure substance contains only one kind of
particle, but a mixture contains more than one
kind of particle.
• Aluminum, table sugar, salt, and distilled water
are all examples of pure substances.
• The particles of pure substances do not
change, regardless of their state of matter.
• Mixtures can be mechanical mixtures
(heterogeneous mixtures) or solutions
(homogeneous mixtures).
Activity 2: True or False • Chocolate chip cookies, steel, salad dressing,
pop, and ketchup are examples of mixtures.
microscopic
organism
inside
Orange juice 5. 12.
with pulp
ACTIVITY 3: Unlocking of Difficulties Nitrogen (N) 6. 13.
Directions: Identify the following sentences using Purified water 7. 14.
the word bank below. (H2O)
1. A combination of two or more different
substances that are mixed together but are joined
together.
2. A pure substance with only one kind of
particle that cannot be separated into simpler
substance.
3. A pure substance that is a combination of
two or more simpler particles joined together.
4. It has the same characteristic both physical
and chemical properties
5. A mixture of two or more substances where
the various components can be visually
distinguished.
6. A mixture in which the composition is The skills of scientific inquiry can be used to
uniform and every part of the solution has the same classify matter as a pure substance or a mixture.
properties. • Pure substances and mixtures can be identified
Pure Substance using observation skills.
Element • Different properties of pure substances and
Compound mixtures can be determined by mixing them
Mixture together.
Homogeneous Mixture A mechanical mixture contains different
Heterogeneous Mixture components that you can see.
• A granola bar, cooking oil with herbs, and a
children’s ball room are all examples of mechanical
ACTIVITY 4: Fill in the Table mixtures.
Direction: In column A identify if the sample is • A mechanical mixture is also called a
Mixture or pure substance. In column B identify if heterogeneous mixture.
the sample is element, compound, homogeneous,
mixture or heterogeneous mixture.
SAMPLE MIXTURE OR ELEMENT,
PURE COMPOUND,
SUBSTANCE HOMOGENEOUS OR
HETEROGENEOUS
Helium gas 1. 8.
Carbon 2. 9.
Dioxide
(CO3)
Halo-halo 3. 10.
Pond Water 4. 11.
with
