You can tell by looking at the last outcome...if you can see two different substances or 'layers' and you can separate the two... its heterogeneous. For example oil and water.
one way to tell the difference between homogeneous and heterogeneous is that homogeneous is clear and heterogeneous isn't. by alison the 7th grader
A mixture of things that differ in some way.
A heterogeneous mixture contains multiple chemical substances combined in a non-uniform way, whereas a pure substance contains molecules with only one chemical identity. For example, salt is a pure substance, whereas a mixture of salt an rocks is a heterogeneous mixture.
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Salsa is a heterogeneous mixture since it is not the same all the way through.
A mixture is determined to be heterogeneous if its components are visibly different and can be easily separated, such as oil and water. On the other hand, a mixture is considered homogeneous if its components are uniformly distributed and indistinguishable, like salt dissolved in water.
If you mean salt & pepper in the same container, I would say heterogeneous mixture, but salt by itself would be a compount (NaCl?), while pepper would likely be a homogeneous mixture (milled black pepper).
Heterogeneous means that there are different compounds in a sample. Heterogeneous is a term used with mixtures and the way I like to think about it is: If you have cheerios, apple jacks, and coco puffs in a bowl you have a heterogeneous mixture because you can physically separate the cereals from each other. If you can not physically separate out the components, it is not a mixture.
hetero means that the parts of the mixture are different in some way from each other, as where homo means that the parts of the mixture are the same or very similar.
Well... A characteristic of a heterogeneous mixture is gasoline. Also if you have examples of heterogeneous mixture it could be salad, mixed fruit, or mixed vegetables. The reasons are because if you have a homogeneous mixture and a heterogeneous mixture then if you'd find the definition it would be: heterogeneous mixture- a mixture that is not well mixed together, homogeneous mixtre- a mixed that is well mixed together. by the way im in 6th grade.
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Funny example! Wet laundry is a heterogeneous mixture, because if you have a big pile of wet laundry, it's not "even" all the way through. You can see the different things within the mixture with your eyes. A sock here, a shirt there. A mixture that's "smooth" all the way through (like milk, or creamy peanut butter) is a homogeneous mixture.