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Properties of Substance Flashcards

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1
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What is a term that helps describe substances

A

Physical Properties

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2
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What one physical property that describes resistance to scratching

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Hardness

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3
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What is a physical property that describes how easy something is to break

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Brittleness

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4
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What are physical properties describing the opposite the opposite of Brittleness (How stretchy)

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Malleability and Ductility

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5
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What are two physical properties that describe the resistance to breaking

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Elasticity and Strength

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6
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What is the difference between malleability

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Elasticity is the ability to stretch and snap back to its original shape

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7
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What is the Physical Property describing how stretchy something is

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Tensile Strength

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8
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What is the Physical Property that describes how strong something is under pressure

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Comprehensive Strength

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9
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What is a physical property that describes how electrically conductive something is

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Electrical Conductivity

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10
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Why are copper and aluminum universally used for electrical wiring?

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They both have relatively high electrical conductivity and are relatively inexpensive.

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11
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The _____ _____ of a substance is the temperature at which the substance melts or freezes, changing from a solid to a liquid or vice versa.

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melting point

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12
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Properties such as thermal conductivity that describe the way substances behave when they are heated are often classed as _________ _________.

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Thermal Properties

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13
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Another example of thermal property is the amount a substance expands or contracts as it is _____ or _______.

A

heated or cooled

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14
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The _________ ______ is the total kinetic energy of all the atoms in the substance.

A

internal energy

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15
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In scientific work both _____ and ____ scales are used.

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Celcius and Kelvin

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16
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water boils/condenses at what temperature on the Fahrenheit Scale, Celsius Scale and Kelvin Scale?

A

212 F, 100 C, 373.2 K

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17
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alcohol boils/condenses at what temperature on the Fahrenheit Scale, Celsius Scale and Kelvin Scale?

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172 F, 78 C, 351.2 K

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18
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The ____ is one of the seven SI System base units.

A

kelvin

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19
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The Celsius and Fahrenheit scales use the term _____.

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degrees

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20
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A temperature change of one degree on the Celsius scale is the same as a one-degree change on the ____ scale.

A

Kelvin

21
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Celsius and Kelvin use the same size of degree. The only difference is where the _____ is on the scale.

A

zero

22
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_________ ________ is understood to be the temperature at which all atomic motion would cease.

A

Absolute zero

23
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Pressure is caused by what?

A

molecular collision

24
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A fluid will flow toward the _____ pressure

A

lower

25
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When does low pressure occur?

A

When wind is moving rapidly

26
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When atmospheric pressure drops, it means what kind of weather is coming?

A

stormy

27
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How is atmospheric pressure measured?

A

barometer

28
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How is volume measured?

A

width x height x depth (how much space an object takes up)

29
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Solids&liquids are generally treated as _______ substances.

A

incompressible

30
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What is incompressible?

A

Can not be pressed down into smaller volumes with increased pressure like gas can.

31
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Most substances can exist as a solid, liquid or a gas. These 3 different states are usually called ____ by physicists, although in the field of chemistry they are often called ____.

A

phases, states

32
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There is a 4th phase called _____ (not a soliquid btw)

A

plasma

33
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What is the internal energy of a substance? (This determines the stage or phase a substance is in.

A

The sum of kinetic energy a substance has.

34
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The following features hold for solids:

A
  1. Solids are rigid and have a definite shape 2. Solids have definite volume
35
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Explain what happens molecularly to reach the melting point

A

As temperature increases, the particles will eventually reach the point where they are energetic enough to stay apart from each other at that same temperature if they had a boost of energy to break them apart.

36
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What is the melting point

A

Where the energy level in the particles are just enough to where they can stay apart from eachother at the same temperature, but if a burst of energy is added, that would break them apart

37
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What is the heat of fusion?

A

The amount of energy needed to turn a liquid into a solid or a solid into a liquid

38
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What are properties of liquids

A
  1. No definite shape

2. no definite volume

39
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What is heat of vaporization

A

The amount of energy required to vaporize something

40
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What are features of gasses?

A
  1. They are fluid and have no shape

2. They have no definite volume

41
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What is plasma

A

Ionized gas

42
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What is the difference between vapor and gas?

A

Gas is more commonly used for things like substances such as nitrogen and oxygen that are gases at a normal temperature. Vapor is a term used for substances that are not gasses at room temperatures, such as water and dry ice.

43
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What is the heat of Fusion for water?

A

334 kJ

44
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What is the heat of Vaporization of water?

A

2,260 kJ

45
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What is the heat of Fusion for Iron

A

247 kJ

46
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What is the heat of vaporization of Iron

A

6,090 kJ

47
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What is the heat off fusion of copper

A

209 kJ

48
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What is the heat of vaporization of copper

A

4,730 kJ

49
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What is the term when something is turned directly into a gas right from a solid

A

Sublimation

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