Chapter 2 Quiz Flashcards
What is the most conductive metal?
Silver
What physical property explains materials that can be drawn into long, thin wires?
Ductility
The measure of disorder or randomness of particles is known as what?
Entropy
What is the change from a gas to a liquid called?
Condensation
What is matter?
Anything that takes up space and has mass
Identify 3 characteristics of a solid:
Definite volume
Definite shape
Difficult to compress
What is the study of movement and conservation energy?
Thermodynamics
What are the changes that result in changes of he identify of a material?
Chemical change
What is a pure substance that cannot be broken down into a simpler substance by ordinary chemical means?
Element
What is the operational definition of energy?
The ability to do work
What energy is responsible for the forming or breaking bonds with other atoms?
Chemical energy
What is the sum of the kinetic energy of an object’s particles?
Thermal energy
What temperature is absolute zero?
-273.15 kelvin
What is the standard SI unit for measuring energy at work?
Joules