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Matter

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Anything that takes up space and has mass. Matter is made up from atoms

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Element

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A pure substance made up of only one kind of atom

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Molecule

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2 or more atoms bonded together

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Compound

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A substance consisting of two or more different elements combined in a fixed ratio. Table salt for example is Na(sodium) and Cl(chloride)

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Essential elements

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A chemical element required for an organism to grow, survive and reproduce. 25of the 92 natural elements are essential for humans. Plants need 17

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What makes up 96% of living matter? And the other 4%?

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Oxegyn, hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen

Calcium phosphorus, potassium, sulfur and a few others

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Trace elements

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Elements required by an organism but only in minute quantities.

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Atom

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The smallest functional units of matter.. Make up all chemical substances and ultimately all organisms

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Subatomic particles

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The smaller parts that make up an atom. Neutrons protons and electrons are examples

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Protons

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Electrically and positively charged. Packed tightly with electrons into the atomic nucleus at the center of an atom

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Electron

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Electrically and negatively charged. Also in the atomic nucleus with the protons. Electrons move rapidly forming a cloud of electric charge around the nucleus. It is the attracting of opposite charged that keeps the electrons in the vicinity of the nucleus.

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Neutron

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Electrically neutral

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Dalton

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The unit of measurement for atomic mass equal to roughly the mass of s proton. named after John dalton the British scientist who helped developed atomic theory around 1800.

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Atomic mass

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It is approximately the equivalent of the usual number of protons and neutrons. Allowing for differences with isotopes

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Atomic number

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The number of protons an atom has in their nuclei. It is written as a subscript to the left of an elements abbreviation. Unless other wise indicated, an atom is neutral in electrical charge so if it has 2 protons then it has 2 electrons also. Atomic number tells us he number of protons and electrons an electrically neutral atom has

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Simplest atom

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Hydrogen. Helium is #2

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Atomic nucleus

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Small dense region consisting of protons and neutrons which gives the atomic nucleus a slight positive charge

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Electron speed

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An electron could orbit the earth in less than 20 seconds

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Orbital

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Area where an electron can be found. First one is s shape, second layer is one s and 3 p orbitals

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Energy

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The capacity to do work to cause change

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Lowest energy electrons go

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In the first she’ll

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Valence electrons

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Electrons in the outermost she’ll

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Net electric charge of zero

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With the exception of ions, the number of protons and electrons is equal which results in a net electric charge of zero

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Rows in periodic table

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Known as periods, go up and down. They indicate the number of electron shells with the least being at the top

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Columns in periodic table

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Aka groups read left to right and indicate the number of electrons in the outer shell

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Weight vs mass

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Weight is the gravitational pull on mass. It is different on earth or the moon but mass is always the same

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Mole

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Amount of a substance that has as many atoms/molecules/ions/ electrons or photons as atoms in 12 grams of carbon.

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Isotope

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An element that has a different amount of neutrons than it usually would

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Radioisotope

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Unstable; how long now they last is measured in half lives ( the time it takes for 50% of the isotope to decay) they emit radiation which in turn makes them more stable

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2 ways radioisotopes are used for good

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H

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Water makes up

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60% of humans, 95% of plants

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Carbon is* nitrogen is*

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A major building block for all living matter,* a vital element in all proteins

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Mineral elements essential for life

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Calcium, chlorine, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, sodium, sulfur

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Key regulators of water and electric current

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Potassium and sodium

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Makes skeletons and shells

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Calcium and phosphorus

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Molecular formula

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When the chemical symbols for all atoms present are written out. H20 is and example. The 2 next to h tells you there is 2 hydrogen

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Emergent properties

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The properties of a compound differ greatly from the properties of the elements that make it up

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Covalent bonds

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Bond where atoms share electrons. They are strong because the shared electrons act as if they belong to each atom

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Structural formula

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H-O-H covalent Bonds are shown with a line

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Octet rule

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Many atoms are most stable when they have 8 electrons in their outer shell

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Double bond

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When atoms share two pairs(4 electrons) written with two lines

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Electronegativity

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The measure of an atoms ability to attract electrons in a bond with another atom

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Polar covalent bonds

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A bond in which electrons are shared, but not equally. The atom with a higher electronegativity hordes the shared electrons

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Kinetic energy

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The energy of moving matter

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Water and how it’s polar/ electronegative

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Oxegyn is more electronegative than hydrogen so the shared electrons pull closer to the nucleus of oxegyn than to the hydrogen. This unequal distribution of electrons gives the molecule a region of partial negative charge

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Nonpolar covalent bonds

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Two atoms of similar electronegativity covalently bond and share the electrons equally

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Hydrogen bond

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Hydrogen atom from one polar molecule is attracted to an electronegative atom such as oxegyn or nitrogen from another polar molecule

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Enzymes

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Type of protein found in all cells that facilitates or catalyzes many important chemical reactions

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Can see waals dispersion forces

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Also a weak molecular attraction. Because the atoms are always moving around they end up sometimes being in a position that gives the atom a electric charge that doesn’t last. This electric charge causes attraction but dies quickly

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Ion

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When an atom gains or loses an electron it acquires a net electric charge

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Cation

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Ions with a net positive charge ( this would be an ion with maybe 11 protons and 10 electrons

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Anion

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Ions with a net negative charge, more electrons than protons

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Ionic bond

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Occurs when a cation bonds to an anion. An example is na+ and Cl- which form table salt.

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Free radical

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A molecule containing an atom with a single unpaired electron in its outer shell. In an attempt to get an electron they may steal one from another molecule which in turn makes that molecule a free radical, it’s a chain reaction.

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Antioxidant

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molecules that can donate an electron without becoming highly reactive. Examples of this of vitamin c and e found in fruits, veggies and plant compounds called flavonoids

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Chemical reaction

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When one or more substances are changed into other substances by the making or breaking of chemical bonds

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All chemical reactions

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Need Energy to make the molecules encounter eachother, a catalyst of some sort. And they all proceed in a particular directional until they reach chemical equilibrium. Also most happen in watery substances

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Chemical equilibrium

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When the rate of formation of product equals the rate of formation of reactants aka. The concentration of products and reactants stops changing.

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Water: brain, blood, lungs

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Brain: 70%, blood: 80%, lungs:90%

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Solute

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Substance dissolved in water

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Solvent

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The liquid dilutes are dissolved into. Water is the most abundant solvent in nature

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Solution

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When a solute is dissolved into a solvent this is the product

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Why do some things dissolve in water

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The covalent bonds linking hydrogen and oxegyn are POLAR. This leaves oxegyn with a slight negative charge and the hydrogen a with a slight positive charge. To dissolve in water the substance must be electrically attracted to h2o. Generally molecules with ionic or polar bonds will dissolve

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Hydrophilic

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Water loving, molecules that are attracted to water

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Hydrophobic

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Water fearing. Molecules that have mostly carbon or hydrogen will be hydrophobic because their bonds are non polar and therefor not attracted to h2o, oils are hydrophobic.

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Amphipathic; what they do in water

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Molecules with hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions. In water they form spheres called micelles which put all the hydrophobic parts inside the sphere and all the hydrophilic parts on the outside touching the water. Detergents are an example.
They can also form linear structures with two layers, the two outer layers are hydrophilic and the inside is hydrophobic.

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Concentration

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The amount of dissolved solute per volume. 1 g of Nacl dissolved in 1 liter of water the concentration is 1g/L

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Molarity of a solution

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F

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The three states h2o exists in and the effect the bonds breaking has

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Solid(ice) occurs when temperatures fall and the hydrogen bonds break less frequently causing larger and larger clusters of water until it freezes into a crystalline matrix. Liquid(water) most common with hydrogen bonds continuously being broken and formed again. If the temp rises the bonds break quicker and molecules of water escape into a gaseous state, becoming water vapor.

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Density of water vs ice

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H2o molecules are more orderly and further away in ice which makes ice less dense and allows it to float on water

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Heat of vaporization(and for water)

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The heat needed to vaporize 1 mole of any substance. This is high for water because all the hydrogen bonds need to be broken

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Heat of fusion

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The amount of heat that must be withdrawn from a substance to turn it from liquid to solid. This is also high for water.

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Specified heating

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The amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1degree Celsius

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Heat capacity

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The amount of heat needed to raise the temp of an entire object or substance. A large container of water has a higher heat capacity than a cup of water

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Colligative properties

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Properties that depend on the total number of dissolved solutes instead of the type of solutes. Water will freeze at a lower temp than 0degrees if a solute is added and higher than 100 degrees for vaporizing.

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Hydrolysis reactions

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A chemical reaction that utilizes water to break apart molecules

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water is incompressible

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It’s volume does not significantly decrease when subjected to high pressure. This is important because many organisms use water to provide support

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Cohesion/ adhesion

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The phenomenon of water molecules being attracted to eachother

The ability of water to be attracted to and therefor adhere to a surface that is not electrically neutral

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Surface tension

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A measure of the attraction between molecules at the surface of a liquid

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Acid

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Substances that release hydrogen ions into solutions

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Hydrochloric acid

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Strong acid. Almost complety dissolves into H+ and Cl- when mixed with water

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Carbonic acid

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Weak acid because some of it stays in its H2CO3 state when dissolves in water

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Base

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Has the opposite effect when dissolved in water, it decreases the concentration of H+

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Ph

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The measure of the H+ concentration of a solution

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Polarity

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The unequal sharing of electrons within a molecule

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Acidic/ Alkaline

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Ph of 6 or less//// A substance with a ph above 7

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Normal ph for living cells, and for blood

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Living cells= 6.5 to 7.8, in blood 7.35 to 7.45

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