Ch. 1 Flashcards

0
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Quantitative

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Includes numbers

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Chemistry

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The study of matter and how it changes

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2
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Qualitative

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Descriptive or comparative analysis

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3
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Standard unit of length

A

Meter

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4
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Standard unit of mass

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Grams

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5
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Standard unit of temp

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Celsius

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6
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Standard unit of time

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Seconds

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7
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Derived unit

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One unit– volume, liter

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8
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Kilo

A

1000x

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Hecto

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100x

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10
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Deka

A

10x

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11
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Deci

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.10x

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12
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Centi

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.01x

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13
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Milli

A

.001x

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14
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Mass

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Quantity of matter in an object

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15
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Sig figs w/ decimal pts

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Count starting at first non zero from right to left

16
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Sit fig w/ decimal pt.

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Count from first non zero from left to right

17
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Volume

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The amount of space that a substance or object occupies

18
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Density

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The degree of compactness of a substance

19
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Prefixes

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Greek for big numbers, Latin for small

20
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Percent error

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|accepted value- experimental value|/accepted value x100%

21
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What is the tentative proposal of a scientific principle that attempts to explain the meaning of a set of data collected in a experiment?

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Hypothesis

22
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Boiling and cooling point of Celsius

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0 and 100

23
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Boiling and cooling point on Kelvin scale

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273.15 K and 373.15 K

24
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Solving for density

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Volume/mass= density

25
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What defines the amount of mass in a unit volume?

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Specific volume

26
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Alchemy

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Pseudoscience that attempted to discover a universal cure for disease and a natural elixir for immortality?