Concept one Flashcards

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1
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What does WHMIS stand for?

A

workplace hazardous materials information system

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What is Matter?

A

anything that has mass and takes up space

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3
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What is Lustre?

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the amount of shininess in a substance

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4
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What is the Melting point?

A

the temperature at which a solid becomes a liquid (0 degrees Celcius)

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What is the boiling point?

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the temperature at which a liquid becomes a gas (100 degrees Celcius)

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what is hardness?

A

a substances ability to resist being scratched

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what is malleability?

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a substance that can be pounded or rolled into sheets

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what is ductility?

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Any solid that can be stretched into a long wire

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What is crystal shape?

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the shape of a substances crystals

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what is solubility?

A

the ability of a substance to be dissolved into another

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what is density?

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the amount of mass in a given volume of a substance

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what is conductivity?

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the ability of a substance to conduct heat or electricity

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13
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What are the three states of matter?

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solids, liquids, and gases

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14
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what is evaporation?

A

when a liquid turns into a gas

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what is condensation?

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when a gas turns into a liquid

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16
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what is deposition?

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when a gas turns into a solid

17
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what is sublimation?

A

when a solid turns into a gas

18
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what is liquidification?

A

when a solid turns into a liquid

19
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what is solidification?

A

when a liquid turns into a gas

20
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What is a mechanical mixture?

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when the different substances that make up the mixture are visible (heterogeneous mixture)

21
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what is a solution?

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when the different substances that make up the mixture are not visible

22
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what is a suspension?

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a cloudy mixture in which tiny particles of one substance are held within another, but can be separated

23
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what is a colloid?

A

a cloudy mixture in which tiny particles of one substance cannot be separated

24
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what is an element?

A

one substance on its own

25
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what is a compound?

A

has two or more substances mixed together