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Term 1 Finals Flashcards

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1
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What is chemistry?

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The study of the structure and properties of substances

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2
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All substances are …

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Chemicals

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3
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Whois a pharmacist?

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A type of chemist making up prescriptions and selling cosmetics in a chemists shop

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4
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What does the chemical industry make?

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A major contribution to the wealth of our country and the quality of our lives

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5
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What is a raw material?

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A raw material is used to make a profit by manufacturing useful products

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6
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What are the main raw material?

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Coal - Crude Oil - Natural Gas - Metal Ores - Minerals - Air - Water

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7
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What is the equipment in a laboratory called?

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Apparatus

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8
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What is the bunsen burner?

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The main source of of heat in the lab

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9
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Where is the hottest part of the bunsen burner?

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Top of the central cone

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10
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What can be used to measure the mass of a substance

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A balance

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11
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What is the most common balance?

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Electronic balance

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12
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How many grams are in one kilogram?

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1000 grams

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13
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What do you do to place a chemical on a weighing pan?

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You place the chemical in a beaker or a suitable container

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14
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How do you find the weight of the substance in the container?

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You subtract the mass of the beaker from the mass of the beaker + substance

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15
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What is the “tare facility” button?

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It resets the weight back to zero

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16
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What is the volume of a liquid?

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Volume is a measure of how much space it takes up

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17
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What is the appropriate apparatus for measuring volume?

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Burettes, pipettes, measuring cylinders, droppers

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18
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How many cubic centimeters are in a litre?

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1000 cubic centimeters

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19
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Which unit has the same value as cubic centimeter?

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Millilitres

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20
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What is a meniscus?

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When the surface of a liquid curves downwards at the middle and upwards at the edges

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21
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How do you measure the scale of a meniscus?

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At the downwards curve

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22
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What apparatus is used to measure temperature?

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Thermometer

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23
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What are the two common types of thermometers?

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Alcohol in glass thermometer and Mercury in glass thermometer

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24
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What unit do you use to measure temperature?

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The celsius scale

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25
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What is the boiling point if water.

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100 C*

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26
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What is the freezing point of water?

A

0 C*

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27
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What apparatus is used to measure time?

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Stopwatch

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28
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What are the units for time?

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Hours (hrs) minutes (min) seconds (s)

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29
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How many second are in one minute?

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60 seconds

30
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How many minutes are in one hour?

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60 minutes

31
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What are hazard symbols?

A

Labels used to show certain chemicals can cause particular problems

32
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Define corrosive:

A

Substances which can burn and destroy living tissue

33
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Define explosive:

A

Substances which may explode if heated, exposed to a flame, or knocked

34
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Define flammable:

A

Substance which may catch on fire easily if in contact with air

35
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Define toxic:

A

Substance which represent a serious risk of causing death by poisining

36
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Define harmful:

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Substances which represent a moderate risk to health

37
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Define Irritant:

A

Substances which can cause inflammation of the skin

38
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What is the aim?

A

The aim describes what you’re trying to find out

39
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What is the method?

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The method describes how the experiment is to be carried out

40
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What are the results?

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The results should be recorded in a suitable form

41
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What is the conclusion?

A

The conclusion describes what you have found out

42
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What is a chemical change?

A

A change which involves the formation of new substances

43
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What is effervescence?

A

When agas is formed in a chemical reaction

44
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What is precipitation?

A

When a solid is formed in a chemical reaction

45
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What us a precipitate?

A

The solid formed in precipitation

46
Q

What does combustion mean?

A

Explosion

47
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Which reaction gives out heat?

A

Exothermic reaction

48
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Which reaction takes in heat?

A

Endothermic reaction

49
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What is a reactant?

A

The substances we start with in a chemical reaction

50
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What is a product?

A

The new substances formed in a chemical reaction

51
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How are chemical reactions often described?

A

Using chemical equations

52
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What is a word equation?

A

A word equation is the word form of a chemical equation

53
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What is photosynthesis?

A

The process of a plant making food

54
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Which change is reversable?

A

Physical change

55
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Which change isn’t reversable?

A

Chemical change

56
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Name the differences between a physical change and a chemical change:

A

Physical changes have no new substance is formed, but the materials in a chemical change ,ay alter state or be mixed together

57
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Is mixing substances described as a physical change?

A

Yes, as long as no new substances are formed

58
Q

What is air?

A

A mixture of oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and carbon dioxide

59
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What is sea water?

A

A mixture of water, salt, and other dissolved materials

60
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What is soil?

A

A mixture of rock fragments, water, dissolved minerals, air, and humus

61
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What is a rock?

A

A mixture of different minerals

62
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Name the states of matter:

A

Solid
Liquid
Gas

63
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What is humus?

A

A type of fertilizer

64
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What are the changes of state?

A

Melting
Boiling
Evaporation
Condensation
Freezing
Sublimation

65
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How do you change a state?

A

By heating or cooling

66
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What is matter?

A

The scientific word used to describe all the different types of substances and materials found in our universe

67
Q

Which atoms are the closest?

A

Liquid

68
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Which atoms are the furthest?

A

Gas

69
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Which atoms wobble back and forth?

A

Solid

70
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Which atoms move around each other?

A

Liquid

71
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Which atoms move in about all directions?

A

Gas

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