(If you are totally familiar with the terms in the title write your own brief definitions. Otherwise...)
Question 10: Use the Internet, an encyclopaedia or general science book to find definitions of:
- element
- compound
- mixture
- Use your definition and the examples printed below to suggest other examples of elements, compounds and mixtures.
For example:
a gold ring - gold is an element
sugar - a compound
a cup of tea - a mixture of sugar, water, tea and milk.
Mixtures cannot be represented by a formula. (Do you know why?)
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