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Chemistry Flashcards

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The study of the composition and structure of materials and of the changes that materials undergo.

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Chemistry

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An observation of natural phenomena carried out in a controlled manner so that the results can be duplicated and rational conclusions obtained.

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Experiment

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A concise statement or mathematical equation about a fundamental relationship or regularity of nature.

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Law

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4
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A tentative explanation of some regularity of nature.

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Hypothesis

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5
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A tested explanation of a basic natural phenomenon.

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Theory

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6
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Whatever occupies space and can be perceived by our senses.

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Matter

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7
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The quantity of matter in a material.

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Mass

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8
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The total mass remains constant during a chemical change (chemical reaction).

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Law of Conservation of Mass

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9
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characterized by rigidity; fixed volume and fixed shape.

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Solid

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relatively incompressible fluid; fixed volume, no fixed shape.

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Liquid

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compressible fluid; no fixed volume, no fixed shape.

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Gas

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12
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A change in the form of matter but not in its chemical identity.

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Physical Change

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A change in which one or more kinds of matter are transformed into a new kind of matter or several new kinds of matter.

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Chemical Change = Chemical Reaction

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14
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A characteristic that can be observed for a material without changing its chemical identity.

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Physical Property

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15
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A characteristic of a material involving its chemical change.

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Chemical Property

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16
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A kind of matter that cannot be separated into other kinds of matter by any physical process such as distillation or sublimation.

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Substance

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17
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A substance that cannot be decomposed into simpler substances by any chemical reaction.

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Element

18
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A substance composed of two or more elements chemically combined.

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Compound

19
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A material that can be separated by physical means into two or more substances

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Mixture

20
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One of several different homogeneous materials present in the portion of matter under study.

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Phase

21
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A mixture that consists of physically distinct parts, each with different properties.

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Heterogeneous Mixture

22
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A mixture that is uniform in its properties; also called a solution.

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Homogenous Mixture

23
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The comparison of a physical quantity with a fixed standard of measurement—a unit.

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Measurement

24
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The closeness of the set of values obtained from repeated measurement of the same quantity.

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Precision

25
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The closeness of a single measurement to its true value.

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Accuracy

26
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Those digits in a measured number (or in the result of a calculation with measured numbers) that include all certain digits plus a final digit having some uncertainty.

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Significant Figures

27
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The number of digits reported for the value of a measured or calculated quantity, indicating the precision of the value.

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Number of Significant Figures

28
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A counted number or defined number.

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Exact Number

29
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The procedure of dropping nonsignificant digits and adjusting the last digit reported in the final result of a calculation.

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Rounding

30
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An international system of units made up of a particular choice of metric units.

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SI Units

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The seven metric units from which all other units can be derived.

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Base Units

32
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The representation of a number in the form
A × 10n

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Scientific Notation

33
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A measure of “hotness”
Heat flows from an area of higher temperature to an area of lower temperature.

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Temperature

34
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Combinations of fundamental units.

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Derived Units

35
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A factor equal to 1 that converts a quantity expressed in one unit to a quantity expressed in another unit.

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Conversion Factor

36
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A method of calculations in which one carries along the units for quantities.

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Units and Dimensional Analysis (Factor-Label Method)

37
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involves the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the chemistry of substances.

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Analytical chemistry

38
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the study of chemical process in living organism

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Biochemistry

39
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the study of carbon compounds

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Organic Chemistry

40
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The Study of Non-Living substances

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Inorganic Chemistry

41
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is a branch of chemistry which applies chemical and physical process towards the transformation of raw materials into products

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Industrial Chemistry

42
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is the study of the chemical and physical properties of elements

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nuclear chemistry

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