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Chapter 10-Basics of Chemistry Flashcards

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The science that deals with the composition, structures, and properties of matter and how matter changes under different conditions is known as…

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Chemistry

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The study of substances that contain carbon is referred to as…

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Organic Chemistry

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Products manufactured from natural gas, oil, plant, or animal remains is considered to be…

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Organic

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Metals, Minerals, water, and air are examples of…

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Inorganic Substances

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Inorganic Chemistry is the science that deal with compounds lacking…

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Carbon

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Any substance that occupies space and has mass can be considered to be…

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Matter

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A basic substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances without loss of identity is called…

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an element

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Substances that cannot be divided into simpler substances by ordinary chemical means are…

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Atoms

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The smallest particle of an element is an…

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Atom

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Chemically joining two or more atoms forms a…

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Molecule

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Chemical combinations of two or more atoms of different elements form…

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A compound

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Normal matter exists in three different physical states, which are solid, gas, and…

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Liquid

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Characteristics that do not involve chemically changing a substance are…

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Physical properties

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A change in a substance’s chemical composition is a…

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Chemical Change

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Matter that is not mixed with substances of different chemical compositions is a…

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Pure Substance

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Physical Mixtures containing two or more different substances are…

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Solutions, Suspensions, and Emulsions

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A blended mixture of two or more liquids or a solid dissolved in a liqiud is a…

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Solution

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A substance that dissolves another substance with no change in chemical composition is a…

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Solvent

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Miscible liquids are liquids that can be…

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Mixed into stable solutions

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Liquids that are not capable of being mixed into stable solutions are…

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Immiscible

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A product that does not separate when standing and contains particles is considered to be…

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A solution

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Solutions that contain undissolved particles that are visible to the naked eye are known as…

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Suspensions

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A mixture of two or more immiscible substances united with the aid of a binder is known as an…

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Emulsion

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A substance that acts as a bridge to allow oil and water to mix or emulsify is a…

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Surfactant

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The water-loving head of a surfactant molecule is…

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Hydrophilic

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Ammonium Hydroxide and Ammonium Thioglycolate are examples of products used to…

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Raise the pH of hair

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An atom or molecule that carries an electric charge is an…

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Ion

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Acids owe their chemical reactivity to the…

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Hydrogen Ion

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Chemical reactions that produce heat are called…

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Exothermic

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The chemical reaction that combines an element or compound with oxygen to produce an oxide is…

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Oxidation

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The rapid oxidation of any substance accompanied by heat or light is…

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Combustion

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When oxygen is subtracted from a substance, the chemical reaction is called…

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Reduction

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A substance that has a pH above 7.0 is considered to be an…

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Alkali Solution

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A sweet, colorless, oily substance used as a moisturizing ingredient in cosmetic products is…

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Glycerin

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The chemical reaction in which the oxidizing agent is reduced and the reducing agent is oxidized is…

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Redox

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