Question

If you had a beaker full of black powder which of the following could you have?

Answer 1

A beaker of black powder can be a mixture with different substances (i.e gunpowder: a mixture of sulfur, charcoal, etc.), an element which can probably be carbon (known as black), and a compound as well which can be potassium nitrate. Hence, the answer is D. 

Answer 2

Answer:

a. mixture

Explanation:

A black powder probably represents a mixture of several dark colored elements, or several elements that reacted and formed a black colored mixture.

Mixture is the union of two or more different substances (regardless of whether they are simple or compound). It has different and variable (non-fixed) physical characteristics (melting point, boiling point, density, toughness, etc.) compared to its constituent substances.