Chemistry: unit 2 Flashcards

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Chemistry

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A branch of science that deals with the identification of the substances of which matter is composed; the investigation of their properties and the ways in which they interact, combine and change; the use of the processes to form new substances.

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Matter

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Anything that has mass and takes up space.

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Extensive Properties

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Such as mass and volume.

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Intensive Properties

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Such as color and density.

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Mass

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The amount of matter in an object.

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Volume

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The amount of space that a substance or object occupies, or that is enclosed within a container.

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Physical Property

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Any property that is measurable, whose value describes a state of a physical system, often referred to as observables.

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Physical Change

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A usually reversible change in the physical properties of a substance.

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Chemical Property

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A property or characteristic of a substance that is observed during a reaction in which the chemical composition or identity of the substance is changed

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Chemical Change

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A usually irreversible chemical reaction involving rearrangement of the atoms of one or more substances and a change in their chemical properties or composition.

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Phase (phase of matter)

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A distinct and homogeneous form of matter ( particularly solid, liquid or gas) separated by its surface from other forms.

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Solid

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A firm and stable in shape, not liquid or fluid.

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Liquid

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A substance that flows freely but is of constant volume, having a consistency like that of water or oil.

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Gas

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An airlike fluid substance which expands freely to fill any space available, irrespective of its quantity.

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Freezing

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To freeze, below 32 degrees fahrenheit.

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Melting

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Make or become liquefied by heat.

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Vaporization

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The state or act of being vaporized

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Condensation

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Water that collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it.

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Sublimation

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When anything solid turns into a gas without first becoming liquid.

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Deposition

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The process where a gas changes phase and turns directly into a solid without passing through the liquid phase.

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Substance (pure substance)

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A particular kind of matter with uniform properties.

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Element

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A substance that can’t be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means.

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Chemical Symbol

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An abbreviation or short representation of a chemical element, the symbols in the periodic table.

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Compound

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A substance formed when two or more chemical elements are chemically bonded together.

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Mixture
A substance made by mixing other substances together.
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Homogeneous Mixture
Simply any mixture that is uniform in composition throughout.
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Solution
A liquid mixture in which the minor component is uniformly distributed within the major component.
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Heterogeneous Mixture
A mixture that composes of components that aren't uniform or they have localized regions that all have different properties.
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Filtration
The action or process of filtering something.
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Distillation
The action of purifying a liquid by a process of heating and cooling.
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Chemical Reaction
A process that involves rearrangement of the molecular or ionic structure of a substance, as opposed to a change in physical form or a nuclear reaction.
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Reactant
A substance that takes part in and undergoes change during reaction.
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Product
The species formed from chemical reactions, reactants are transformed into products.
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Precipitate
Cause to be deposited in solid form from a solution.
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Law of Conservation of Mass
States that mass in an isolated system is neither created nor destroyed by chemical reactions or physical transformations. The mass of the products in a chemical reaction must equal the mass of the reactants.