CHEM 100 Flashcards
What is Matter?
Anything that has mass, occupies space and posses inertia
What does composition mean in Chemistry
It’s the types and proportions of simpler substances that make up
a sample of matter.
What are the properties of a substance?
They are the characteristics that give each substance it’s unique identity.
What is the definition of this example? Cu and S can be distinguished by the property of colour; Cu is reddish brown and S is yellow.
Properties
What are Physical Properties?
Properties substances show by itself without interacting with another substance, or properties substances show without changing it’s composition.
Colour, weight, density, and electric conductivity are examples of what?
Physical Properties
What is Physical Change
It occurs when a substance alters it’s form or shape but not it’s composition.
If I bend a piece of gold into a different shape and don’t change it’s chemical composition; what change am I inflicting?
Physical Change
What are chemical Properties?
The ability or inability of a sample of matter to undergo a change in composition like rusting iron.
What is a Chemical Change?
It occurs when substances are converted into different substances.
What is the difference between Chemical Properties and Chemical Changes?
Chemical Properties express how the chemical will react with other chemicals, Chemical Changes are accompanied by changes in chemical composition and a change in chemical properties.
What is all matter made up of?
Atoms
what are the three types of matter compositions?
Elements, Compounds and Mixtures
What is a Substance
Matter with fixed composition
What are the differences between Substances and Mixtures?
- Substances always behave and look the same.
- Substances are pure by definition
- Mixtures have variable composition