Basics Flashcards
What is matter?
Something with mass and volume
What is Chemistry?
Study of composition, structure, and properties of matter and the changes it undergoes.
What is the law of conservation of mass?
Mass reactants = mass products
Metric?
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What is a physical change?
Change a property without changing identity of substance
What is a chemical change?
Changes that change the identity of a substance
What’s an extensive physical change?
Depends on amount of matter. (Length, width, weight, etc)
What’s an intensive physical property?
Does not depend on amount of matter.
What are the four indications of a chemical change?
1) change in color
2) change in energy (hotter, colder, giving off light
3) evolving of a gas (bubbles)
4) formation of a precipitate
What’s an exothermic rxn?
Heat is leaving system (feels hot)
What is an endothermic rxn?
Heat is entering a system (feels cold)
What’s a theory?
Explanation of why (backed by experiments)
What’s a law?
Statement about what’s observed. (Backed by experiments)
What’s the formula for % error?
Vtrue - Vexp
————— * 100
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What is a mixture?
A combination of things not chemically combined. (Can be separated physically)