Elements Compounds and Mixtures Webquest

ELEMENTS, COMPOUNDS and MIXTURES WEBQUEST
Part 1: ELEMENTS, COMPOUNDS and MIXTURES
http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/atoms/elements.html
What are the visual differences between elements, compounds and mixtures? Fill in the chart below using
bullet points.
ELEMENTS COMPOUNDS MIXTURES
Part 2: MIXTURES vs COMPOUNDS
http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/genchem/topicreview/bp/ch2/mixframe.html
(Hint: Scroll down the page)
1. What are some differences between mixtures and compounds?
2. How can cereal relate to mixtures and compounds?
PART 3: ELEMENT, COMPOUND OR MIXTURE?
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz148865110c980.html
1. _____________________________________ 6. _________________________________________
2. _____________________________________ 7. _________________________________________
3. _____________________________________ 8. _________________________________________
4. _____________________________________ 9. _________________________________________
5. ____________________________________ 10. _________________________________________

PART 4: SOLUTIONS and MIXTURES
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_solution.html
Is a heterogeneous mixture a solution? How do you know?
Define solute.
Define solvent.
What are the steps to making a solution?
Can anything change solutions? Be specific!
What is solubility?
Part 5: Element Overview

A. Now go to this link: http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistryfaqs/f/element.htm
1. What is the definition of an element given on this page?

________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
B. Now go to this link: http://education.jlab.org/qa/element.html and answer the questions below:

1. What is the definition of an element given on this
page?_______________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
C. Now Click on the link for “What is the difference between atoms and elements? Or find the link:
http://education.jlab.org/qa/atoms_and_elements.html Answer the questions below.
1. Define element __________________________________________________________________________

2. Define atom _____________________________________________________________________________
3. Define molecule __________________________________________________________________________
4. Define compound _________________________________________________________________________
D. Find the link: http://www.chem4kids.com/files/elem_intro.html Read the page and answer the questions
below.
1. How many atoms are in our bodies? ________________________________________________
2. How many different elements are in our bodies? ______________________________________
3. Name the 6 elements that make up 95% of our bodies. _____________________________________.
E. Read the questions below and then go to this YouTube video link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_hF9zq4QXU. As you watch the video, answer the questions below.
(Note: this video is a 10-minute excerpt from Carl Sagan’s hour-long video Life of the Stars, Episode 9)
1. What element is the red blob of atoms on the screen? _________________________
2. How many natural elements are there? ________________________
3. An element is an arrangement of atoms in a particular way True False
4. The simplest element is _______________________.
5. The most complex element is _________________________
6. What number element is uranium? ___________
7. Name 3 elements that make up the Earth __________________________, ______________________, and
________________________
8. Name 3 elements that are essential for life ________________________, __________________________,
_______________________________
9. The most familiar elements are typically the most ______________________ elements.
10. When was the neutron discovered? _________________
11. Three units put together in different patterns essentially make ________________________________.
12. A neutron is electrically ________________.
13. A proton has a _______________ charge that is __________________ to the negative electrical charge of an
electron.
14. Atoms are electrically neutral because there are an equal number of ___________________________ in the
nucleus and ____________________ in the cloud around the nucleus.
15. The chemical nature of an atom depends only on the number of _______________________.
16. The number of electrons equals the number of protons which equals the _________________________
number.
17. If you are an atom with just one proton, you are ___________________________.
18. How many protons does Helium have? ____________ Lithium? ______________ Uranium? ____________
19. What force holds the atomic nucleus together and prevents the protons from flying away from each other?
_________________________________
20. A lump of 2 protons and 2 neutrons forms the nucleus for which very stable element?
_______________________
21. How many helium nuclei lumped together make carbon? _____________
22. The universe is 99.9% made up of which 2 elements? __________________ and _________________
This video cuts off before Carl Sagan is able to say that the temperatures hot enough for nuclear forces to
take place are found in the stars.
Part 6 – Molecules and Compounds

A. Find the link: http://education.jlab.org/qa/compound.html and answer the questions below.
1. What is formed when two or more atoms join together chemically? _________________________
2. What is formed when two or more different kinds of atoms or elements join together chemically?
_________________________
3. A _______________________ is always a molecule, but a __________________ is not always a compound.
4. Provide the chemical symbol for three molecules that are not compounds: __________, _____________, and
_____________.
5. Name 3 common compounds, using both their chemical symbol and their name: _______________________,
______________________________, and ____________________________
6. One molecule of water contains ___________ hydrogen atoms and __________ oxygen atom.
7. One molecule of carbon dioxide contains ___________ carbon atom and ____________ oxygen atoms.

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ELEMENTS, COMPOUNDS and MIXTURES WEBQUEST

Part 1: ELEMENTS, COMPOUNDS and MIXTURES

ELEMENTS COMPOUNDS MIXTURES

Part 2: MIXTURES vs COMPOUNDS

(Hint: Scroll down the page)

1. What are some differences between mixtures and compounds?

2. How can cereal relate to mixtures and compounds?

PART 3: ELEMENT, COMPOUND OR MIXTURE?

5. 10. _____

Is a heterogeneous mixture a solution? How do you know?

What are the steps to making a solution?

Can anything change solutions? Be specific!

Part 5: Element Overview

1. What is the definition of an element given on this page?

B. Now go to this link: http://education.jlab.org/qa/element.html and answer the questions below:

1. Define element __________________________________________________________________________

Part 6 – Molecules and Compounds

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