This document discusses the four states of matter: solids, liquids, gases, and plasma. It explains that matter is anything that has mass and takes up space. Solids have a definite shape and volume, with particles packed tightly together. Liquids take the shape of their container but have definite volume, with particles loosely packed and able to flow around each other. Gases spread out to fill their container without definite volume, with particles moving freely and having high energy. Plasma is similar to gas but with electrically charged particles, found in places like flames and lightning. The document also discusses pure substances like elements and compounds versus mixtures.
15. Plasma
Lightning is a
plasma.
Used in fluorescent
light bulbs and Neon
lights.
Plasma is a lot like a
gas, but the
particles are
electrically charged.
21. Pure Substances
Pure substances:
They have a constant
composition.
They can't be separated in
simpler substances using
physical methods.
Can exist in 3 states of
matter.
22. Elements
All elements are
made of atoms.
Atoms of the
same element are
alike.
Atoms of different
elements are
different.
23. In 1813, a system of
representing elements
with symbols was
introduced.
Each symbol consists
of one or two letters.
Two letters are
needed for a chemical
symbol when the first
letter of that
element’s name has
already been used.
Elements