SUBJECT: CHEMISTRY TOPIC: MIXTURE.

INSTRUCTIONS.
Read the following slides on mixture and then write the
information in your books.

Follow the instructions given in the powerpoint.

Complete activity 1 after notes for class on April 28 and do other
activity for class on May 5.

Keep completed activities until school reopens as I have limited

access to internet connectivity.
 OBJECTIVES.
You should be able to do the following at the end of the lesson:
1.define the term mixture
2. state at least 2 properties of a mixture.
3. state at least two differences between a compound and a mixture.
 
 WHAT A MIXTURE IS.
Mixtures are formed when two or more substances are physically combined.

The substances forming a mixture may be either elements or compounds.

 MODELS OF MIXTURES AND COMPOUNDS.
Look at the models of mixtures and compounds below. The description beside each letter
describes what each model is made off.

A: Mixture element and compound B: Compound C: Mixture of two elements uncombined.

Compound
Element 1
Element Element 2
Compound

A B C
MODELS OF MIXTURES AND COMPOUNDS CONTINUATION.

D : Element
E: Compound of two different elements
F: Compound of same element.

Same
Element Element 1 element
Element 2

D E F
 PROPERTIES ( FEATURES) OF MIXTURES
AT HOME EXPERIMENT( you can try this at home).
Consider these two containers
• Container 1 with nail
• Container 2 with stones.
If you where to pour the stones in the container with nail and use a spoon to mix them
together.
You would have formed a mixture of nail and stones.
Question: What type of changed formed the mixture? Was it a physical or a chemical
change?
Revise what a physical and chemical change is.
Question: It means that mixtures are formed from which means, physical or chemical?
 PROPERTIES ( FEATURES) OF MIXTURES

Question: If you add more stones into the container with the nails does it now
contain the same amounts of nails and stones in comparison to when you first
added the stones?
Is it a new mixture?
This means that the individual parts of the mixture is not always the same.

Question: If you were given a magnet, would you be able to use the magnet to
separate the parts of the mixture?
It means that mixtures can be separated by physical means.
 PROPERTIES ( FEATURES) OF MIXTURES

Question: What type of changed formed the mixture? Was it a physical or a chemical
change?
Revise what a physical and chemical change is.
Question: It means that mixtures are formed from which means, physical or chemical?

Question: If you were given a magnet, would you be able to use the magnet to
separate the parts of the mixture?
It means that mixtures can be separated by physical means and that the individual parts
making up the mixture still has its individual features when combined in a mixture.
 SUMMARY OF PROPERTIES
( FEATURES) OF MIXTURES
1.Formed by physical means with only small energy changes ( little heat or light

is produced)
2.Has a variable composition
3.Has properties similar to those of the individual substances making up the
mixture.
4.Substances making up the mixture can be separated by physical means.
 
 ACTIVITY
Look back on the information on the lesson on compounds and then write TWO differences
between a compound and a mixture.
 ACTIVITY.
•Classify each of the following as a element, (E) compound (C) or mixture (M). Write the
letter X if it is none of these
Diamond____________ Electricity ___________ Milk______________
Sulphur Acid (HSO4) ______ Gasoline_________ Water (H20) _________
Energy________________ Wood___________________ Air_______________
Ink__________________ Concrete_________________ Pile of
garbage_________
•Match each of the following diagrams by writing the letter beside the correct description.
Diagrams will be used once.

Pure element - only one type of atom present_________________________

Mixture of two elements_________________
Pure compound- only one type of compound present____________
Mixture of two compounds - two types of compounds present______________
Mixture of a compound and an element_________________