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Matter

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• matter is anything that takes up space and has mass

- stuff

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Mass
- mass is always
Mass is measured in

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• mass is a measure of the amount of matter the object contains

  • mass is always constant
  • mass is measured in grams of kilograms
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Volume

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Volume

• the amount of space occupied by the object

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What is a substance?

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• matter that has a uniform and definite composition is called a substance

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Properties of matter
• ask yourself can the properties of the objective observed or measured without changing the objects identity?
• If no -
• If yes -

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If no - chemical property

If yes - physical property

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Physical Properties of a Substance

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  • a quality or condition of a substance that can be observed or measured without changing the substances composition
  • Describes a matters very existence: color, shape, smell, mass, density, conductivity, malleability
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Physical property:

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highly reflective, highly conductive, extremely high melting point, non magnetic

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Physical property
• does the property depend on the amount of matter present?
• If no - intensive properties - color, density, luster, hardness, temperature, melting point
• If yes - extensive properties - volume, length, mass, weight

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  • If no - intensive properties - color, density, luster, hardness, temperature, melting point
  • If yes - extensive properties - volume, length, mass, weight
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Extensive properties -

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property that depends on the amount of matter in a sample: volume, weight, mass, length

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Intensive properties

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a property that depends on type of matter in a sample not the amount: color, density, luster, hardness, temperature

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Solid

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  • a form of matte that has a definite shape and volume
  • It doesn’t depend on the shape of its container
  • The particles in a solid are packed tightly together
  • Particles move very slowly
  • Expand only slightly when heated
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Liquid

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  • arrangement of atoms is not rigid or orderly
  • Has a definite volume
  • Does not have a definite shape
  • Flows
  • Expand slightly when heated
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Gas

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  • takes the shape of it’s container
  • Can expand to fill any volume
  • Takes the shape and volume of its container
  • Molecules are far apart
  • Molecules move freely
  • Vapor is the gaseous state of a substance that is generally a liquid or solid at room temperature as water vapor.
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During a physical change some properties of a material change, but the composition of the material does ____ change.
Physical changes can be described as ______ and _______

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During a physical change some properties of a material change, but the composition of the material does not change. Boil, freeze, condense, break, split, cut, crush.
Physical changes can be described as reversible and irreversible

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All physical changes that involve a change from one state to another are __________

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Reversible

- solid to liquid

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Chemistry (central science)

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The study of composition and matter and the changes matter undergoes

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Chemistry affects

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All aspects of life and most natural events because all living and nonliving things are made of matter

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Five traditional areas of Chemistry

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  1. analytical chemistry
  2. Inorganic chemistry
  3. Organic chemistry
  4. Physical chemistry
  5. Biochemistry
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Analytical chemistry

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The area of chemistry that focuses on the composition of matter

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Inorganic chemistry

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The study of chemicals that normally do not contain carbon. Many inorganic chemicals are found in non living things, like construction materials

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Organic chemistry

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The study of all chemicals containing carbon

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Physical chemistry

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The area that deals with mechanism, rats and energy transfer that occurs when matter undergoes a change

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Biochemistry

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The study of processes that take place in living organisms like muscle contraction and digestion

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Pure chemistry

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The pursuit of chemical knowledge for its own sake

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Applied chemistry

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Research that is directed toward a practical goal or application

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Chemistry as a central science:

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Chemistry/overlaps with many other sciences like physicists, biologists, astronomers, and geologists

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Elements are composed of tiny particles called

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Atoms

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Every atom contains a ______ and one or more _________

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Nucleus, electrons

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The type of products obtained in a chemical reaction is determined by

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The electrons in the reacting chemicals

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Chemical reactions involve processes in which

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Reactants produce products

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Kinetic theory -The particles in matter are in

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Constant motion

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The mole and quantifying matter -

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When conducting a chemical reaction you need just the right amount of reacting material, so none is wasted. The measurement is possible using the mole.

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Every chemical process uses or produces _______, often in the form of _____

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Energy, heat

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Changes in quantity called _______ _________ allow you to predict whether a reaction will …..

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Free energy, whether a reaction will actually occur under the given conditions

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Carbon chemistry

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Carbon compounds are the basis of life in all living organisms

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Alchemy

Alchemy didn’t provide a logical explanation for the changes in ______ they observed

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-Field prior to chemistry that searched for methods to change metals, such as lead into gold

did not provide a logical set of explanatis for the changes in matter they observed

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Alchemy spurred the development of ____

  • it developed ____ and _____ for working with chemistry
  • it developed processes for _______ _____ and _______ _______
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  • chemistry
  • tools and techniques
  • separating mixtures and purifying chemicals
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  • In the late 1700s ________ helped to transform chemistry from a science of _________ to a science of _______ that it is today
  • Designed a balance that could measure ______ to the nearest 0.0005 gram
  • Demonstrated that _______ is required for a material to burn.
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• Lavoisier, observation, measurement
- mass
• Oxygen

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Scientific methodology

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Involves making observations, proposing and testing hypotheses, and developing theories

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Hypothesis

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Is a proposed explanation for an observation

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In an experiment when one variable changes and all the other remain constant it is called a

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Controlled experiment

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Independent variable

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The variable that is manipulated or purposefully changed

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Dependent variable

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The variable that is observed and that changes in response to the independent variable

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A model

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Is a representation of an object or event

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Law of conservation of mass

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States that there is no detectable change in the quantity of matter during an ordinary chemical reaction

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Reasons to collaborate

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  1. Scientists of different disciplines can be brought together to share expertise
  2. Industry may collaborate with scientists each benefitting
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Conflict with collaboration among scientist

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Who gets the credit

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Ways of communication for scientists

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  1. Journal - scientists establish their records in scientific journals
    - most reliable source of information about new discoveries
  2. The internet - major source of information
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Extensive properties

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The property that depends on the amount of matter in a sample

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Intensive properties

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Is a property that depends on the type of matter not the amount

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Physical changes can be described as

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Reversible or irreversible

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Mixture

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Refers to the physical combination of two or more substances in which the identities are retained

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Heterogenous mixture

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A mixture in which the composition is not uniform

Ex: skittles

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Homogenous mixture

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When the composition is uniform throughout

Ex: jello

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What is a phase?
How many phases does a heterogeneous mixture have?
How many phases does a homogeneous mixture have ?

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  • any part of a sample with uniform composition and properties
  • heterogeneous has two or more phases
  • homogenous has one
56
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Separating mixtures

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Mixtures can be separated by recognizing and using the differences in physical properties

  • filtration
  • distillation
  • magnetism
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Filtration

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Process that separates a solid from a liquid

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Distillation

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A liquid is boiled to produce a vapor that is then condensed into a liquid

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Element

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Simplest form of matter that has unique properties

- there are over 100 known elements

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Compounds

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A substance that contains 2 or more calmly combined is a fixed proportion

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Elements cannot be _____ ____

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Broken down

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_______ can be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means

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Chemicals

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Breaking down compounds:

  • _____ ______ that are used to separate mixtures CANNOT be used to separate a compound into simpler substances
  • a ______ change that produces matter with a different composition than the original matter
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  • physical methods

- chemical

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Distinguishing substances and mixtures

  • If the composition of a material is _____ the material is a ________
  • If the composition of a material may _____ the material is a _____
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  • fixed, substance

- vary, mixture

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Symbols and formulas:

Chemists use _______ symbols to represent _________ and ________ _________ to represent _______

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Chemical

Elements

Chemical formulas

Compounds

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Each _____ is represented by a one- or two- chemical symbol

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Element

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First letter is _____ and the second is ______

This represents its

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Capitalized, lowercased

Latin name

68
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The periodic table:
The arrangement of elements in Which elements the elements are separated into groups based on?
This allows the comparison of what?

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  • on a set of repeating properties

- this allows the comparison of one element to another

69
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Periodic table:
There are horizontal rows called what?
The elements are arranged according to what?
There are vertical rows called what?
The elements within a group have similar what

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  • periods
  • atomic numbers
  • group
  • Similar chemical and physical properties
70
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  • During a chemical change what always changes?
  • usually one or more _____ is produced during s chemical change
  • are they reversible or irreversible
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  • the composition of matter
  • substances
  • Irreversible
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Recognizing a chemical change:
There are usually four clues that indicate a chemical change

  • every chemical changes involves a
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  1. Transfer of energy
  2. Change in color
  3. The production of a gas
  4. The formation of a precipitate
  • transfer of energy
72
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Law of conservation of mass

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During any chemical reaction, the mass of the product is always equal to the mass of the reactants

73
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During physical changes mass also holds

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Constant

74
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How do you write numbers in scientific notation

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  • Measurement is a quantity that has both a number and a unit
  • Measurements are fundamental to the experimental sciences
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In scientific notation of a given number is written as the product of two numbers

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  1. Coefficient

2. 10 raised to a power

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What does a positive exponent indicate

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• A positive exponent indicates how many times the coefficient must be multiplied by 10

77
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Numbers bigger than 10 have what?

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• Numbers bigger than 10 have a positive exponent and equals the number of places the decimal has been moved to the left.

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A negative exponent indicates

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• A negative exponent indicates how many times the coefficient must be divided by 10

79
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Numbers smaller than one have what?

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• Numbers smaller than one have a negative exponent and equals the number of places the decimal has been moved to the right.

80
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Accuracy

To evaluate accuracy what must be compare?

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is a measure of how close a measurement comes to the actual or true value of whatever is measured
• to evaluate accuracy of a measurement, the measured value must be compared to the correct value

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Precision

To evaluate precision what must be compared?

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Precision - is a measure of how close a series of measurements are to one another irrespective of the actual value
• To evaluate precision of a measurement you must compare the values of two or more repeated measurements

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Accepted value

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the correct value for the measurement based on a reliable reference

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Experimental value -

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The value measured in a lab

84
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Significant figures:

- the significant figures in a measurement include what

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Significant figures
• include all of the digits that are known plus a last digit that is estimated
• Significant figures are calculated answers often depend on the number of significant figures in the values used in the calculation

85
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Significant figures:
- Zeros appearing between nonzero digits are:
• leftmost zeros appearing in front of the nonzero digits are: , They act as placeholders
• Leading zeros are
• Zeros at the end of a number and to the right of a decimal point are always
• Trailing zeros count as ________ if there is a decimal
• Zeros at the rightmost end of a measurement that lie to the left of an understood decimal point are __________ if they serve as place holders to show the magnitude of the number

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  • significant
  • not significant
  • not significant
  • significant
  • significant
  • not significant
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Unlimited significant figures occur in two situations:

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  1. Counting. A munger that is counted is exact

2. Exactly defined quantities such as chosen found in a system of measurement

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