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Science Chemistry Flashcards

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Safety hazard symbols

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A system of communicating how dangerous a substance is using symbols inside specifically coloured shapes.

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WHMIS/MSDS

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A system of symbols designed to help protect people who use potentially harmful substances.

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Matter

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Anything that has mass and occupies space.

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Properties of matter

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Characteristics that can be used to describe a substance.

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States of matter

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Refers to 3 common characteristics states in which matter can exist:

  • solids
  • liquid
  • gas
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Melting

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Change of state from sold to liquid.

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Evaporation

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Change of state from liquid to gas.

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Condensation

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Change of state from gas to liquid.

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Freezing

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Change of state from liquid to solid.

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Sublimation

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change of state from a solid to a gas

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Deposition

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changeo of state from a gas to a solid

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Physical Property

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property that describes the physical appearance and composition of a substance

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Examples of Physical Properties

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Hardness, density, conductivity, solubility, ductility, etc.

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Physical Change

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A change in the appearance

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Chemical Property

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A property of behaviour of a substance when it undergoes a chemical reaction

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Chemical Change

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a reaction between two substances

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Pure Substance

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a substance that is made of one kind of matter

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Element

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Pure substance made of one atom

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Compound

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Pure substance made of two atoms or more

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Mixtures

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a combination of pure substances

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Mechanical Mixture

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you can see the substances

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Solution

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Appears to be one substance

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Aqueous

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solution where water is the solvent

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Suspension

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a cloudy mixture which can seperate

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Colloid

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a cloudy mixture that won’t seperate

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Periodic Table

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a chart that shows all the elements that humans have discovered.

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Period

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horizontal row of elements in the periodic table

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Group

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a vertical column of elements in the periodic table

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Family

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a vertical column of elements in the periodic table

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Atom

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the smallest part of an element

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Nucleus

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positively charged center of an atom

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Protons

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positively charged sub-atomic particle

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Electrons

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Negitively charged sub-atomic particle, found orbiting the nucleus

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Neutrons

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neutrally charged sub-atomic particle

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Atomic Number

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the number of protons in the element

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Atomic Mass

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average mass of one atom of an element

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Mass Number

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the sum of the number of protons and neutrons in an atom rounded version of the atomic mass

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Metals

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shiny, malleable, ductile elements that conduct electricity

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Non-metals

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dull, brittle elements that do not conduct electricity

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Metaloids

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elements that have both metallic and non-metallic properties

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Alkali

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group 1 elements in the PT not including Hydrogen. Most reactive

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Alkaline Earth Metals

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group 2 elements in the PT. Still highly reactive

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Halogens

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group 17 elements in the PT most reactive of non-metals

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Noble Gases

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group 18 elements in the PT most stable

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Chemical Formula

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a combination of symbols that represent a compound

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Ions

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atoms that have become electrically charged due to the lose or gain of electrons

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Polyatomic Ions

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groups of atoms acting a single ion

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Ionic Compound

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pure substance formed when a positively charged ion and negatively charged ion chemically combine

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Molecule

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group of atoms joined by covalent bonds

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Molecular Compound

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Pure substance formed when non-metallic atoms chemically combine

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Chemical Reaction

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a reaction that takes place between to or more substances

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Reactants

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a substance that reacts with another substance in a chemical formula

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Product

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the new substances formed by the reaction

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Exothermic

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a chemical reaction that releases energy (heat out)

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Endothermic

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a chemical reaction that absorbs energy ( heat in)

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Combustion

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a chemical reaction that occurs when oxygen reacts with a substance creating carbon dioxide and water

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Corrosion

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a slow chemical reaction that occurs when oxygen in the air reacts with a metal

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Cellular Respiration

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a chemical reaction that occurs in our cells similar to combustion

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Open System

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an experiment in which products can escape

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Closed System

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an experiment in whish no products can escape

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Law of Conservation of Mass

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the principle that matter is neither created or destroyed only changed into another form

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Calalyst

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a substance that helps a chemical reaction to proceed more quickly

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Enzymes

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a catalyst involved in chemical reactions that occur in living things

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The four factors that can affect the rate at which a chmical reaction can occur

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Presence of calalysts
Concentration
Temperature
Surface Area

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