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The study of the composition, structure, and properties of substances and the changes they undergo.

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Chemistry

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A substance produced or used in a chemical process.

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Chemical

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The study of substances containing carbon and hydrogen, and their derivatives.

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Organic Chemistry

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The study of all substances not classified as organic chemicals (all substances containing elements other than carbon.)

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Inorganic Chemistry

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The study of the properties, transformations, and interrelationships of energy and matter.

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Physical Chemistry

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The study of all substances and processes that occur in living things.

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Biochemistry

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The identification of substances and the qualitative and quantitative determination of the composition of materials.

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Analytical Chemistry

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Anything that has mass and occupies space.

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Matter

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The resistance to change in motion.

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Inertia

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A measure of the earth’s gravitational attraction for matter.

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Weight

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The measure of the quantity of matter.

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Mass

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Matter cannot be created or destroyed by ordinary chemical or physical changes.

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Law of Conservation of Matter

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Has a definite shape and volume

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Solid

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Has a definite volume, but not a definite shape.

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Liquid

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No definite shape or volume.

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Gas

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Gaseous system composed of positive charged particles and negative charged electrons.

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Plasma

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The ability to cause change or the ability to do work.

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Energy

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The energy of motion

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Kinetic Energy

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The energy of position or composition.

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Potential Energy

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Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but is can only change forms.

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Law of Conservation of Energy

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Enable us to distinguish one kind of matter from another

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Properties

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Can be observed or measured without altering the identity of a material.

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Physical Properties

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Depend on the amount of matter present. (Mass, Length, and Volume)

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Extensive Physical Properties

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Do not depend on the amount of matter present.

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Intensive Physical Properties

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Any change in a property of matter that does not result in a change in identity.

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Physical Change

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Changes among the states of matter.

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Changes of State

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The ability of a substance to undergo a change that alters its identity.

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Chemical Properties

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When one or more substances are converted into different substances with different chemical properties.

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Chemical Change

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Substances that undergo a chemical reaction.

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Reactants

30
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The new substances produced by a chemical reaction

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Products

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Solid that separates from a solution.

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Precipitate

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A process that releases heat.

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Exothermic

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A process that absorbs heat.

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Endothermic

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Combination of 2 or more types of matter which retains its own composition or properties.

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Mixture

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The composition and properties are not uniform as they differ from point to point in the mixture.

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Heterogeneous Mixture

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The composition and properties are uniform throughout the mixture.

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Homogeneous Mixture

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Another word for homogeneous mixtures.

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Solutions

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A portion of matter having both the same physical and chemical properties.

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Phase

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A pure substance that cannot be decomposed by ordinary means.

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Element

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A pure substance that can be decomposed into 2 or more simpler substances by a chemical change.

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Chemical Compound

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The vertical columns of elements numbered from 1-18

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Groups

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Horizontal rows of elements in the periodic table numbered from 1-7

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Periods

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An element that is a good conductor of heat and electricity.

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Metal

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An element that is a poor conductor of heat and electricity.

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Nonmetal

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An element that has both properties of metals and nonmetals, and is a semiconductor

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Metalloid

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Basically inert and do not fit into any other category

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Noble Gases

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