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Physical science Chapter 2 and 3 Flashcards

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Solid

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Definite volume and shape

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How do you describe the Baha’i or of a solids particles

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Fixed closely packed arrangement of particles that vibrate in place

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Solids that are made up of crystals and melt at distinct temperatures

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Crystalline solids

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Solid in which particles are not arranged in a regular pattern and do not melt at distinct temperatures

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Amorphous solid

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Matter with definite volume but no shape of its own

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Liquid

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How do you describe a liquid

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Liquid has no definite shape since its particles move freely and take shape of container but has a definite volume

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Substance that flows

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Fluid

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Properties/ characteristics of liquids

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Surface tension and viscosity

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Inward force or pull among the molecules in a liquid that brings the molecules on the surface closer together

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Surface tension

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A liquids resistance to flowing

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Viscosity

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What determines a liquids viscosity

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Size and shape of particles and attractions between the particles

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  • liquids with high viscosity flow slowly*
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  • liquids with low viscosity flow quickly*
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No definite shape or volume

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Gas

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How do you describe a gas

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Gas particles move to fill all the space available making gas have no definite shape or volume

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What is the volume of a gas

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The volume of its container

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The force of the outward push divided by the area of the walls of the container

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Pressure

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Change in state from a solid to a liquid

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Melting

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Specific temperature melting occurs at

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Melting point

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What happens to the particles in a solid as it melts

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The particles start to vibrate so fast that they break from their fixed positions

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Change of state from a liquid to a solid

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Freezing

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What happens to liquids particles when it freezes

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Particles move so slowly that they begin to take on a fixed position

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Change in state from a liquid to a gas

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Vaporization

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What happens to the particles of a liquid as it vaporizes

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Particles in a liquid gain enough energy to move independently

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Vaporization that only takes place on the surface of a liquid

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Evaporation

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Vaporization that takes place both below and at the surface of a liquid
Boiling
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Temperature at which a liquid boils
Boiling point
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Change in state from gas to liquid
Condensation
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How does condensation occur
When particles in a gas to lose enough thermal energy to form a liquid
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Occurs when the surface particles of a solid game enough energy to form a gas
Sublimation
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What happens to the particles of a solid as it sublimes
During sublimation particles of a solid do not pass through the liquid state as they form a gas
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How are pressure and temperature of a gas related
When the temperature of a gas at constant volume increased the pressure of the gas increases. When the temperature is decreased the pressure of the gas decreases
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How are volume and temperature of a gas related
When the temperature of a gas at constant pressure is increased the value increases when the temperature of a gas at constant pressure is decreased the volume decreases- Charles law
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When a graph of two variables is a straight line passing through the origin
Directly proportional
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How are pressure and volume of a gas related
When the pressure of a gas at constant temperature is increased the volume of the gas decreases. When the pressure is decreased the volume increases-Boyle law
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When is the product of two variables is constant
Inversely proportional
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Smallest particle that can still be considered an element
Atom
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How did the atomic theory developed
They grew as a series of models that develops from experimental evidence
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Negative charged particles
Electrons
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Thomson model
Argued that there use n a positive charge to balance the negative charge
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Rutherfords model
Rutherford experiements led him to propose the existence of a nucleus a small positively charged region of an atom containing positively charged particles that he called protons
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Bohrs model
propose that electrons were found only in specific orbits around the nucleus
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Cloud model
Model in which electrons do not orbit the nucleus instead they move rapidly within a cloud like region around the nucleus
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Specific amount of energy an electron has
Energy level
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Neutron
Particle with no electrical charge
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What is the most modern model of the atom
Tiny dense Nucleus at the center with protons and neutrons inside it. Surrounding the nucleus is a cloud like region of moving electrons
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Number of protons in the nucleus of an Atom
Atomic number
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Atoms with the same number of protons in different number of neutrons
Isotopes
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Sum of the protons and neutrons in the Atom
Mass number
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How is an isotope identified
Mass number
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The average mass of all the isotopes in an element
Atomic mass
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What did Mendeleev discover
He found that properties repeated regularly when he arranged the elements in order of increasing atomic mass
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Arrangement of elements showing the repeating pattern of the properties
Periodic table
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How is the periodic table arranged
Atomic mass
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Letter or abbreviation for an element
Chemical symbol
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How is periodic table useful
Helps predict an elements properties from its location on table
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Group (on periodic table)
Columns on table going up and down also known as families
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Elements that are good conductors of electric current and heat
Metals
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What are the properties of metals
Luster malleability Ductility and conductivity
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Luster
Shininess or reflectiveness
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When a material can be hammered or rolled into flat sheets
Malleability
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When a material can be pulled or drawn into long wires
Ductile
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Ability of an object to transfer heat
Thermal conductivity
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Electrical conductivity
Millatti of an object to carry electric current
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Ease and speed with which an element combines or reacts with other substances
Reactivity
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Deterioration of a metal due to a chemical reaction in the environment
Corrosion
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Chemical properties of a metal
Reactivity and corrosion
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How are metals classified
By alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, transition metals, medals in mixed groups, lanthanides and actinides
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Group 1 metals
Alkali metals
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Most reactive metals in the periodic table
Alkali metals
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Group 2 metals
Alkaline earth metals
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Properties of alkaline earth metals and alkali metals
Alkali metals are Harder denser and Melt at higher temperatures than alkaline metals which have low densities and melting point
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Groups 3 through 12
Transition metals
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Properties transition metals
Hard and shiny solids that have high melting points and high densities
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Which transition metal is liquid at room temperature
Mercury
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Metals in mixed group
Stairs separating nonmetals and metals
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Lanthanides and actinides
Two rows of elements below the main part of the periodic table
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An element that lacks most of the properties of a metal
Nonmetal
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What are the properties of a non-metal
Dull brittle and Poor conductors of electric current and heat
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What are the families containing nonmetals
The carbon family the nitrogen family the oxygen family the halogen family the noble gas family and hydrogen
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Diatomic molecule
Two atoms together
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Very reactive elements that are salt forming
Halogens
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What is the most reactive substance in the periodic table
Fluorine in the halogen family
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Least reactive group in the periodic table
Noble gases
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Elements that have some properties of metals and some properties of nonmetals
Metalloids
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Substances that can conduct electric current under some conditions but not others
Semiconductor
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Super conductor
Materials that can conduct electrical current under all conditions
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Process in which the atomic nuclei of radioactive isotopes release fast moving particles and energy
Radioactive decay
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What happens to an Atom during radioactive decay
The identity of the atom changes
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Ability to emit radiation
Radioactivity
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What does radioactive decay produce
Alpha particles beta particles and gamma rays
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What are the three major forms of radiation produced during the decay of an unstable nucleus
Alpha decay beta decay and gamma radiation
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Alpha particle
- Consists of two protons and two neutrons and is positively charged - The release of an alpha particle by an Atom during alpha decay decreases the atomic number
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Fast moving electron given off by a nucleus during radioactive (beta) decay
Beta particle
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Length of time needed for half of the atoms to decay
Half life
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When scientists calculate how many half lives have passed since a fossil died and can determine the age
Radioactive dating
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Radioactive isotopes that can be followed through the steps of a chemical reaction
Tracers
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Consist of high energy waves and have no charge
Gamma rays

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