Chapter 1 Flashcards

1
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what is chemistry the study of?

A

composition, properties, and interactions of matter

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2
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What is chemistry based on?

A

observations and experiminatation

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3
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What is a hypothesis?

A

A tentative explanation of observations that acts as a guide for gathering and checking information?

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4
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how do you test a hypothesis?

A

through experimentation

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5
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What are laws?

A

they summarize a vast number of experimental observations

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6
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What are theories?

A

well sustained, comprehensive, testable explanations of particular aspects of nature

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7
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what is the scientific method?

A

the path of discovery that leads from question and observation to law or hypothesis to theory combined with experimental verification of hypothesis

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8
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What is macroscopic?

A

What we can see

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9
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What is microscopic?

A

What we can’t see

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10
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What is symbolic domain?

A

contains the specialized language used to represent components of macroscopic and microscopic domains

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11
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What is matter?

A

anything that has mass

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12
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What are characteristics of solids?

A

rigid, and possess definite shape and volume

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13
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what are characteristics of liquids?

A

shape of the container but volume is definite

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14
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What are characteristics of gases?

A

No definite shape or volume

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15
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What are characteristics of plasma?

A

gaseous state of matter that contains appreciable numbers of electrically charged particles

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16
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What is weight?

A

the force that gravity exerts on an object

17
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What is the law of conservation of mass?

A

there is no detectable change in the total quality of matter when matter converts from one type to another or physical change

18
Q

What type of composition does a pure substance have?

A

constant

19
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What are properties?

A

Characteristics that distinguish one substance from another

20
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What is a physical property?

A

density, color, hardness, melting and bioling points, and electrical conductivity

21
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what are chemical properties?

A

the ability to change from one type of matter to another

22
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what is an extensive property?

A

property that depends on the amount

23
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what is an intensive property?

A

property of a sample of matter that does not depend on amount

24
Q

What is the formula for density?

A

mass/ volume