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Experiment A
1. Observe the cube of gallium. Describe its noticeable physical properties.
3. As you observe what happens to the gallium in your hand, describe what is taking place,
and is it similar or different to what is happening with the ice?
4. As the gallium is resting in the petri dish what is happening to it? As the ice rests on the
table in the clothe what is happening to it?
5. State weather or not the gallium and ice were pure substances, mixtures, elements,
compounds, or a combo of any of these. You can consider the ice as uncontaminated
water.
Experiment B
1. Describe the kind of chemical properties you observed during the experiment for each
material, Zinc and Hydrochloric acid, and what kind of reaction did you witness,
chemical or physical?
2. The equation for the reaction that took place is Zn + HCl ZnCl2 (aq) + H2. State
weather or not each part is an element, compound, mixture, or pure substance.
Zn:
HCl:
ZnCl2 (aq):
H2:
Experiment C
3. When you add the lemon juice to the milk it is an example of what kind of reaction and
what properties are observed that tell you this.
Experiment D
1. When you finish building your contraption does it display physical or chemical
properties?
2. What can be said about the interaction of your nail and the paperclips? Are you
witnessing a chemical reaction and why?
3. Use your contraption and test how it reacts with 3 other objects in the room and record
your results.
Experiment E
1. What you are observing is electrolysis, or an electric current splitting the bonds, between
the hydrogen and oxygen in the water to produce hydrogen and oxygen gas, respectively.
What kind of reaction is taking place, and what is being made? Compounds? Elements?
And is it a pure or mixed substance that is made?
2. Why clues helped you distinguish the type of reaction that took place?
3. The respective gases created are mixing into the air around you and this is an example of
what kind of mixture?
For the final part, a series of questions based on your experiment results will be asked.
Answer them to the best of your ability.
1. What physical and chemical properties were observed that helped you identify weather or
not a substance was pure or mixed.
Experiment A; Gallium and Ice-
Experiment B; Zinc and Hydrochloric Acid-
Element-
Compound-
Pure Substance-
Heterogenous Mixture-
Homogenous Mixture-
Chemical Reaction-
Physical Reaction-
Chemical Property-
Physical Property-
Extensive Physical Property-
3. Describe how physical and chemical properties are used to differentiate between pure and
mixed substances.