Chemical Reactions Flashcards

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1
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What is an Acid

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a compound that dissolves in water to form a solution with a pH lower than 7

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what is a Base?

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a compound that dissolves in water to form a solution with a pH greater than 7

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3
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What is an indicator

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chemicals used to determine if a solution is an acid or a base

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4
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Litmus paper is what?

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an acid/base indicator that turns red in acid and blue in a base

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5
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A mixture of several indicators that change color as the acidity changes?

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Universal Indicator

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6
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acids and bases reacting (losing their properties) to produce water and a salt

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Neutralization

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7
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Represents how acidic or basic a solution is

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pH Scale

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8
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anything that has mass and takes up space

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Matter

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9
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Atoms are not created or destroyed in a chemical reaction, this is called what?

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Law of Conservation of Matter

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10
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combinations of pure substances

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Mixtures

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All components of the mixture look the same

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Homogenous Mixtures

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12
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All components of the mixture look different

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Heterogenous Mixture

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13
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What are the three main categories of the periodic table

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Metals, Non-metals, metalloids

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14
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Elements that don’t usually form bonds with other elements

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Noble Gases

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15
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React violently with water

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Alkali metals

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16
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form poisonous gases and travel in pairs

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Halogens

17
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number of protons and electrons located on the element symbol

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atomic number

18
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The number under the element name

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molar mass

19
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Atoms that have a different number of neutrons than protons are called

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isotopes

20
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The outer orbital is an atom is called the

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valence shell

21
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Always contains a non-metal and metal

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ionic compounds

22
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Contains a non-metal and a non-metal

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molecular/Covalent compound

23
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Contains 2 identical atoms

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diatomic (also known as the silly sever, hydrogen, nitrogen, fluorine, Oxygen, iodine, chlorine, bromine)

24
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Containing two parts

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Binary

25
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When an atom loses or gains electrons it forms a….

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ion

26
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positively charged

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cation

27
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negatively charged

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anion

28
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When one atom loses an electron and another atom gains that electron, the process is called…

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electron transfer

29
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amu

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atomic mass unit