Introduction To Chemistry

Question 1

What is chemistry

Answer 1

The branch of science that explores the composition and structure of elements and the energy that they absorb and release

Question 2

What are six types of chemistry?

Answer 2

Analytical chemistry, biological/biochemistry, chemical engineering, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, and physical chemistry

Question 3

Define analytical chemistry

Answer 3

The detection, identification, characterization, and quantification of chemical compounds

Question 4

Define biochemistry

Answer 4

The study of chemical processes occurring in living matter

Question 5

Define chemical engineering

Answer 5

The manufacturing of products through chemical processes

Question 6

Define inorganic chemistry

Answer 6

The study of the properties of inorganic elements that exist naturally in the earth and do not contain a carbon-hydrogen bond.

Question 7

Define organic chemistry

Answer 7

The study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions and preparations of carbon-containing compounds

Question 8

Define physical chemistry

Answer 8

Concerned with the physical structure of compounds, the energy they have, the way they react with each other and the bonds that hold their atoms together