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No, chocolate chip muffins are not a mechanical mixture. A mechanical mixture is a combination of substances that are physically mixed together but can be easily separated, like a trail mix. In a chocolate chip muffin, the ingredients are chemically combined through baking, creating a homogenous mixture.

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Is chocolate chip cookie dough a compound or a mixture?

Chocolate chip cookie dough is a mixture. It consists of different ingredients (flour, sugar, butter, chocolate chips, etc.) that retain their individual properties while being physically combined.


Is chocolate chip ice cream homogeneous?

Something that is homogenous is the same throughout. Is chocolate chip ice cream the same all the way through or does it have chocolate chips inside the ice cream?


Examples of a solid heterogeneous mixture?

Granite, which is composed of several different minerals such as quartz, feldspar, and mica, is an example of a solid heterogeneous mixture. Another example is a chocolate chip cookie, which contains solid chocolate chips dispersed throughout the cookie dough.


Can you see the substances in a heterogeneous mixture?

Yes. I like to think of heterogeneous mixtures as a chocolate chip cookie, where you can see the components of the mixture; and homogeneous mixtures as a glass of milk, where you can't see the components of the mixture (milk is homogenized, get it?).


How is a pure substance different from a mechanical mixture or a solution?

A pure substance has only 1 type of particle and are rare, so they cost a lot of money.(eg. diamonds have only 1 type of particle) A solution is a mixture of 2 or more substances that is blended so well that it has one set one properties. Also, it is hard to separate the 2 substances from each other. (eg. water has 2 particles, but looks like 1) A mechanical mixture is a mixture of 2 or more substances and all the ingredients are visible to the naked eye. Also, it is easy to separate. (eg. chocolate chip cookies have many different types of particles, but you can see all the ingredients and are easy to separate the chocolate chips from the cookie.)