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KS3 Combined Science

Atoms and elements

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Atoms, elements, compounds12
The periodic table12
Mixtures and pure substances10
Separation techniques9

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1Atoms, elements, compounds

What is an atom?

  • A chemical reaction product
  • A mixture of two elements
  • Smallest unit of an element
  • The smallest cell in the body
2Mixtures and pure substances

What is a mixture?

  • Always a pure substance with no mix
  • Same element in different states of matter
  • Two atoms chemically bonded together tightly
  • Two or more substances physically combined
3Separation techniques

Which method separates a soluble solid from a solvent?

  • Chromatography on paper
  • Evaporation or crystallisation
  • Filtration through paper
  • Magnetism attraction
4The periodic table

How is the periodic table arranged?

  • Alphabetical element name order
  • Date of element discovery
  • Element mass from heaviest to lightest
  • Increasing atomic number across rows
5Atoms, elements, compounds

What is an element?

  • A substance made of one type of atom
  • Any mixture of atoms
  • Anything found in a periodic table
  • Atoms in a compound only
6Mixtures and pure substances

What is a pure substance?

  • A liquid with nothing dissolved in it
  • Anything from a chemistry lab
  • Mixtures with sharp boundaries
  • Only one type of element or compound

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