Unit 1 vocab Flashcards
The knowledge obtained by observing natural events and conditions in order to discover facts and formulate laws or principles that can be verified or tested
Science
The study of
-the composition, structure, and properties of matter
-the processes that matter undergoes
-the energy changes that accompany these processes
Chemistry
Study of most carbon containing compounds
(excludes oxides and carbonates)
organic chemistry
Study of non-organic substances that do not have carbon
(includes oxides and carbonates)
Inorganic Chemistry
Study of the properties and changes of matter and their relation to energy
Physical Chemistry
Identification of the components and composition of materials
Analytical Chemistry
Study of substances and processes in living things (living cells-enzymes)
Biochemistry
Use of mathematics and computers to understand the principle behind observed chemical behavior and design and predict the properties of new compounds
Theoretical Chemistry
Any substances that has a definite composition
chemical
Often accidental discoveries
Basic research
Helps solve everyday problems
-Solves a specific problem-
Applied research
lag far behind basic and applied research
technological application
Anything that has mass and takes up space
matter
a measure of the amount of matter
mass
a substance that has fixed composition. Homogeneous, and has exactly the same characteristic properties
(an element or compound)
A pure substance
The smallest unit of an element that maintains the chemical identity of that element
atom
A pure substance that cannot be broken down into simpler, stable substances and is made of one type of atom
element
A pure substance that can be broken down into simple stable substances
compound