Heterogeneous mixtures Homogeneous mixtures

 All components of  Components cannot be

the mixture are distinguished from
visible because they each other, appear as
one substance
do not mix together
 Particles distributed
 Particles not evenly throughout
distributed evenly
EX: air, salt water, 10
EX: trail mix, karat gold
vegetable soup,
oil and water
Pure Substance
HETEROGENOUS HOMOGENOUS
ELEMENTS COMPOUNDS MIXTURES MIXTURES
Elements are the Compounds are All components of Homogeneous
simplest pure pure substances the mixture are mixtures
substances. that are made of visible because they Components cannot
Examples: more than one do not mix together be distinguished
• O-Oxygen element bound Particles not from each other,
• H- Hydrogen together. distributed evenly appear as one
• Na- Sodium Examples: substance
• C- Carbon • H2O and CO2 EX: sand and water Particles distributed
• Fe- Iron vegetable soup evenly throughout
• Pb- Lead A molecule is oil and water
The smallest formed when two EX: air, salt water,
particle of an or more atoms 10 karat gold
element that has chemically
the properties of combine. *SOLUTIONS
that element is an
atom.