Chemistry Exam 1 Flashcards
The measure of the quantity of matter
Mass
A substance is a broken down chemically into similar substances
Compound
The method used by scientists to clearly present the Certainty uncertainty of measure
Significant figures
A measure of the force of gravity upon An object
Weight
The state of matter that is characterized by particles that are closely packed together But capable of moving
Liquid
the energy possessed by matter due to its motion
Kinetic energy
Two or more elements that are physically mixed but are not chemically combined
Mixture
The smallest particle of an element
Atom
The point at which a liquid changes into a gas
Boiling point
The mass per unit volume of a substance
Density
The principle that every system left to itself will turn towards disorder
Second law thermodynamics
Numbers that result from counting
Exact numbers
The state of matter that is compressible
Gas
A reaction were the product has a higher heat energy content than the reactants
Endothermic reaction
The law that energy can be neither created nor destroyed
The law of conservation of Energy or the first law of thermodynamics
Who propose a planetary model of the Atom
Rutherford
Who propose the plum pudding model of the Atom
JJ Thompson
Sir James Chadwick is credited for finding which subatomic particle
The neutron
What do we call a positively or negatively charged Adam
Ion
Adam of the same element but differs in its mass number
Isotope
For element what is considered to be simply an average of all the masses of the isotopes of that particular atom
Atomic mass
A subatomic particle that has a negative charge
Electron
The scientist that discovered cathode rays
Julius Plucker