Ch 7 - Chemistry Flashcards

1
Q

What has physical properties that we can see, smell, taste and touch

A

Matter

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2
Q

What causes oxidation

A

Addition of oxygen or the loss of hydrogen

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3
Q

What is an ion

A

Atom or molecule that carries an electrical charge

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4
Q

What is a atom with a positive electrical charge

A

Cation

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5
Q

What is a ion with a negative charge

A

Anion

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6
Q

What does the term “miscible” mean

A

Capable of being mixed

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7
Q

What is united with the aid of an emulsifier to create an emulsion

A

Two or more immiscible substances

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8
Q

What is a solution

A

Uniform mixture of two or more mutually miscible substances

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9
Q

What is air

A

Gaseous mixture that makes up earth atmosphere

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10
Q

What is true of liquid

A

It is matter with fixed volume but no definite shape

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11
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What is NOT true of atoms

A

All atoms are identical

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12
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What is true of oxygen

A

It is the most abundant element on Earth

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13
Q

What is true of water

A

It is the most abundant of ALL substances on Earth

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14
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What is true of elements

A

Elements are the simplest form of matter

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15
Q

What is light a form of

A

Energy

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16
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What is true of each of the approximately 90 naturally occurring elements

A

Each has its own distinctive physical and chemical properties

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17
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What term refers to molecules that contain two or more atoms of the same element

A

Elemental molecules

18
Q

What businesses primarily use oil-in-water emulsions

A

Salons and spas

19
Q

What is true of moisturizer

A

It is an oil-in-water emulsion

20
Q

What is a difference between water-in-oil emulsions and oil-in-water emulsions

A

Water-in-oil emulsions are greasier

21
Q

What are most skin care products

A

Emulsions of oil and water

22
Q

What term means “water-loving”

A

Hydrophilic

23
Q

What term means “oil-loving”

A

Lipophilic

24
Q

How much of the air is made up of nitrogen

A

Four-fifths

25
Q

What is the science that deals with the composition, structure and properties of matter and how matter changes under different conditions

A

Chemistry

26
Q

What are the two branches of chemistry

A

Organic and inorganic

27
Q

What element is absent from the compounds studied in inorganic chemistry

A

Carbon

28
Q

What element is found in all living things, whether there plants or animals

A

Carbon

29
Q

What is the study of substances that contain carbon

A

Organic chemistry

30
Q

What is any substance that is dissolved by a solvent to form a solution

A

solute

31
Q

What do antioxidants prevent by neutralizing free radicals

A

ionization

32
Q

What time of neutralization reaction forms water and salt

A

Acid-alkali

33
Q

What is the natural PH of the skin

A

5.5

34
Q

What term refers to substances with a PH below 7.0

A

Acids

35
Q

What are substances with a PH above 7.0

A

Alkalis

36
Q

What type of substance has a PH level of 7.0

A

Neutral

37
Q

What are suspensions

A

Unstable mixtures of two or more immiscible substances

38
Q

What is reduction

A

Loss of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen

39
Q

What is the term that refers to matter in its three physical forms (liquid, solid, gas)

A

States of matter

40
Q

How much of earths surface, approximately is water

A

75 percent