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1
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what is chemistry?

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chemistry is the study of matter, the properties

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what is matter?

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matter is anything that takes up matter

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what is an atom?

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smallest building block of matter

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what is composition?

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types of atoms that are present in

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what are the different states?

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Gas, Liquid, and Solids

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what is a pure substance?

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matter that has a fixe

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what are intensive properties?

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independent of the amount of the substance present
example: color, temperature

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what are extensive

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dependent of the amount of substance present
example: mass, volume

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what are the states?

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gas, liquid, solid

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what are different types of compositon

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element, compound, mixture

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what are some characteristics of solids

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have a fixed volume and fixed shape

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what are some characteristics of liquids

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have a fixed volume but their shape can change

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13
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what are some characteristics of gases

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do not have fixed volume or shape

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14
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why can gases be compressed

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because the atoms and molecules have a lot of space between them

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what is a diatomic element

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element that comes in pairs

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what are the 7 diatomic elements

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hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine, bromine, iodine

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what is a mixture

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combination of two or more substances

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what is a homogenous mixture

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composition of the mixture is the same throughout
example: milk, sweet tea

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what is a heterogenous mixture?

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composition is not uniform throughout
example: cement, fruit cake

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what are some separation methods

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magnet, decant, filtration, distillation, chromatography

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21
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what is a physical change?

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does not alter the composition or identity of a substance
examples: ice melting or water boiling

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what are chemical reaction?

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one substance transforms into another by rearranging the atoms bonded together

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what is a chemical change?

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alters the composition of the substances
example: rust or fire burning wood

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what are the characteristics of the scientific method

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make observations, form hypothesis, perform experimentation

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what is an observation

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descriptions about the characteristics of nature

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what is a hypothesis

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tentative explanation of a set of observations

27
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what is scientific law

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describes how nature behaves

28
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what is a theory?

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attempts to explain why a natural phenomenon occurs

29
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who was democritus and what did he do?

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philosopher who said that matter said matter had tiny indivisible particles called atoms

30
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who were plato and aristotle and what did they say

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Philosophers who said that matter is infinitely divisible

31
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who was robert boyle

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  • relationship between pressure and air
  • first chemist
  • helped create the fields of physics and chemistry
32
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who was sir issac newton

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  • laws of motion and gravity
  • believed atoms made up air
33
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who was joseph priestly?

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discovered oxygen gas
- english clergyman and scientist

34
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who was john dalton

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developed the first atomic theory
- contains 4 postulates

35
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what was dalton’s atomic theory

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  1. ) each element is composed of atoms
  2. ) all atoms of a given element are identical in mass and other properties, but the atoms of one element are different from the atoms of all other elements
  3. ) atoms of an element are not changed into atoms of a different element by chemical reactions
  4. ) compounds are formed when atoms of more than one element combine; a compound has the same relative number and kind of atoms
36
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what is the law of conservation of mass

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matter cannot be created or destroyed

37
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what is the law of conservation of matter

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mass cannot be created or destroyed

38
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who was antoine lavoiser

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  • father of modern chemistry
  • discovered role of o2 in combustion
39
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what is the law of definite proportions

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states all samples of a given compound have the same proportions of their constituent elements

40
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what is the law of multiple proportions

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states that elements combine to form compounds in whole number ratios

41
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what did cathode rays show scientists

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cathode rays are deflected by electric or magnetic fields in a way that is consistent with a negative electrical charge

42
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who was j.j thompson

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believed that the cathode ray was composed of tiny particles with an electrical charge
- discovered the electron

43
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what were thompsons results

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determined that the amount of deflection was related to the charge and the mass of the particles
- measure charge to mass ratio of electron

44
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what are the behaviors of charge

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  • 2 charges
  • opposite charge attract
  • like charges repel
45
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who was robert milikan

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measured the charge of an electron in 1909
And discovered the charge of an electron

46
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what is the mass of an electron

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9.10 x 10^-28g

47
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what was the plum pudding model?

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early theory of what the atom looks like they said it was a positive sphere with negative electrons inside it
developed by jj thompson

48
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who discovered the three types of radiation

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ernest rutherford

49
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what are the three types of radiation

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alpha particles, beta particles and

50
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explain rutherford’s gold foil experiment

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rutherford shot alpha particles at a thin sheet of gold foil and observed the pattern of scatter of the particles
- some alpha particles were deflected at large angles

51
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what was rutherford’s nuclear theory?

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  • most of the atoms mass and the positive charge are in the nucleus
  • most of the volume is empty space where the electrons are dispersed
  • there are as many electrons outside the nucleus as there are protons within the nucleus
52
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what are neutrons

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subatomic particle without a charge
- located inside the nucleus

53
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who is sir james chadwick

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discovered neutrons

54
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what is the mass of protons and neutrons

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1 amu

55
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what is the mass of electrons

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0 amu

56
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what is used to identify an element

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its atomic number

57
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what makes up the atomic mass

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protons and neutrons

58
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which subatomic particles are equal

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the number of protons and the number of electrons

59
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what are isotopes

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atoms of the same element with different masses due to difference in neutrons

60
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who found isotopes

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frederick soddy

61
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what is an ion

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when an atoms loses or gains electrons (transfers electrons)

62
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what is a cation

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ion with positive charge
loses electrons

63
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what is an anion

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ion with a negative charge gains electrons

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