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Alkali

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Base that dissolves in water

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Acid

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Substance that release H+ ions into aqueous solution 
Sour, corrosive, corrodes metals 
Turn litmus paper red 
Reacts some metals releasing H gas 
Neutralised by base
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Base

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Substance that release OH-

Caustic, soapy slimy feel, turns red litmus paper blue, bitter, conduct elec, neutralised by acid

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Indicator

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Chem that changes colour to show whether substance is acidic, neutral or basic

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Litmus paper

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Indicator- turns red at presence of acid & blue at presence of base

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pH

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Scale used to measure concentration of H+ ions in solution

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Photosynthesis

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RXN plants use to produce glucose
Energy absorbed from sun- endothermic
Water + co2 –> glucose + O

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Combustion

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When something reacts with oxygen, burn or exploding as it does so

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If O is restricted

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Incomplete combustion, ‘dirty’

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aerobic respiration

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Combines glucose and oxygen to get E & CO2 + water

Mitochondria has enzymes to assist aerobic

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Corrosion

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Chem RXN that breaks metals down to form other compounds, oxidation RXN

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Periodic table

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Groups vertical
Periods Horizontal
Left side - bases
Right side/group 7 , can be all acidic

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Materials from volcano

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HSO, ash, volcanic rock, lava, steam

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Layers of earth

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P&s waves used, travel at diff speed through diff materials

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Evidence of PT

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Seafloor spreading, magnet striping, mountains & volcanoes, ocean ridges, trenches, volcanic islands/arc, island arc, age of Seafloor, sediment thickness, rock patterns, glacial evidence, rift valleys

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