FYQ Flashcards

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What is physics?

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It studies changes in matter that don’t affect nature.After a physical change the substances stays the same, so, it dosent change.

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What is chemistry?

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It studies the composition of matter and changes that affect its nature.Chemical changes transform substances into another substances.

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What. is a metal?

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It’s an element that tends to lose electrons.

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What is a non-metal?

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It’s an element that tends to gain electrons

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What is a metalloid?

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It’s a mixture of metals and non-metals.

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What are groups in the periodic table?

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They’re the columns in horizontal. That all the elements in the same group have the same number of electrons. (1 to 18)

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What are the periods in a periodic table?

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They’re the rows in vertical.That all the elements in the same period have the same number of layers.(7 rows)

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What happened in the 17th Century???

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Robert Boyle established concepts of the elements as certain fundamental substances that make up matter.

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What happen in the 18th Century ??

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Antonie Lavoisiercreated a list of 33 known elements,including gold, silver,carbon and oxygen.
Jacob Berzelius proposed the symbols for the elements and the latin name.

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What are the 6 steps in the scientific method ???

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  1. observe
  2. search for info
  3. make a hypothesis
  4. experiment
  5. analyse the data
  6. Publish the results
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