Chemistry Flashcards
What does WHMIS stand for?
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
What does HHPS?
Hazardous Household Product Symbols
What are the ten WHMIS symbols?
Compressed gas, flammable material, oxidizing material, poisonous, harmful material, health hazards, BIM, corrosive material, explosive material, environmental hazards.
What is the acronym for the ten WHMIS symbols?
CFOPHHBCEE
What are the four HHPS symbols?
Poisonous, Corrosive, Flammable, CUP.
What are the fire classes and the material involved?
Cl. A - Solids
Cl. B - Liquids
Cl. C - Electrical Equiptment
Cl. D - Metals
Cl. K - Cooking Materials
What is the acronym for the fire extinguisher?
PASS
What is matter?
Something that has a mass and takes up space
What are physical properties?
Characteristics of a substance
What is a physical change?
When the substance stays the same and undergoes an appearance change.
What is a chemical change?
When a substance undergoes a change that creates a new substance.
What are the signs of a chemical change?
Colour change, heat/light given off, odour produced, bubbles formed, precipitate made.
What are three examples of a physical change? A chemical change?
Breaking, melting, freezing.
Rusting, burning, digesting.
What are the four main groups of the periodic table?
Group 1 - Alkali Metals
Group 2 - Alkaline Earth Metals
Group 17 - Halogens
Group 18 - Noble Gases
How many electrons can each of the orbits hold?
Orbit 1 - 2
Orbit 2 - 8
Orbit 3 - 8
What is an ion?
An ion is a charged particle that results from when an atom gains (or loses) one or more electrons.
What is a cation?
A cation is a positive ion, an atom that has lost electrons