Quarter 1 Exam Flashcards
alpha radiation would be attracted to
a negative magnetic plate
what is the least penetrating particle
alpha particles
the force that holds the particles in the nucleus together and overcomes the electrostatic repulsion is called the..?
strong nuclear force
if a nucleus has too many protons and not enough neutrons the best way for it to achieve stability is to emit…?
a positron
the reason that fission reactions develop into a chain reaction is because they release
extra neutrons
Cu0 is brownish, while Cu2+ is blue in color. the best reason for this is…
the electron configurations are different so the types of light it can absorb and reflect are different
the type of energy tat electrons absorb and emit is ______ energy
electromagnetic energy
a single packet of energy that an electron may absorb is called a ___
photon
the amount of energy in a packet of light energy depends on its ____
frequency
what has the highest amount of energy per packet
ultra violet light
if an electron is in orbit #1 how can it get to orbit 2 or 3
by absorbing a distinct amount of energy only, corresponding to the energy difference between levels one and three or one and two
t/f a bunsen flame is otter than a luminous flame and burns cleanly because there is more air premixed with the methane
true
t/f scientific hypotheses are predictions that must be falsifiable/testable
true
t/f a control group is not the factors that you keep constant, but a comparison test that differs from another test group by only a single factor (variable)
true
t/f in an experiment in which you are testing whether adding alcohol to water raises the mixtures density, the independent variable is the alcohol
true
t/f a substance that is composed of particles that can exhibit all forms of KE and have little attraction to and interaction with other particles, so that it can expand to fill any other container
false
t/f an atom is the smallest bit of a compound that has all of the chemical properties of that compound
false
t/f a compound is formed when two or more substances are combined such that many of the original intensive properties of the original substances are altered and the chemical identity of the material has changed
true
t/f dissolving sugar into water is a physical change
true
t/f the melting point of a substance is a physical property
true
t/f reactivity to acid is a physical change
false
a student comes up with a hypothesis that her incessant chatting is annoying dr. o. if she was to design an experiment, the independent variable is
her chatting
what type of mixtures/ compounds is easiest to tell apart by sight
compounds and heterogeneous mixtures
what is vaporization
liquid to gas
what is freezing
liquid to solid
what is condensation
gas to liquid