| A | B |
| pure substance | has only 1 type of particle |
| metals | shiny & good conductors |
| nonmetals | dull & poor conductors |
| metalloids | properties of metals & non |
| compounds | 2+ elements chem. combined |
| mixtures | 2+ substances not chem. combined |
| distillation | separates based on boiling pt. |
| centrifuge | separates based on densities |
| solution | 2+ substances evenly distributed |
| solute | substance that is dissolved |
| solvent | does the dissolving |
| concentration | amount of solute dissolved in a solvent |
| suspensions | particles are large & settle out |
| colloids | particles do NOT settle out |