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Unit 1 Vocab Flashcards

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Chemistry

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Is the study of the composition of matter and the changes that matter undergoes.

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Organic Chemistry

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Study of all chemicals containing carbon.

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Inorganic Chemistry

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Study of chemicals that in general do not contain carbon

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Study of processes that take place in organisms

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biochemistry

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The study that focuses on composition of matter

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Analytical Chemistry

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This area that deals with the mechanism, the rate, and the energy that transfers that occurs when matter undergoes change.

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Physical Chemistry

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Is anything that has mass and occupies space

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Matter

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Is a measure of the amount of matter in an object.

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Mass

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What are two types of chemistry?

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Pure Chemistry and Applied Chemistry

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Is the pursuit of chemical knowledge for its own sake.

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Pure Chemistry

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Is the research that is directed toward practical goal or application

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Applied Chemistry

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The volume of an object is a measure of the space occupied by the object

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Volume

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Is a property that depends on the amount of matter in a sample

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Extensive Property

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Is a property that depends on the type of matter in a sample, not the amount of matter

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Intensive Property

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Matter that has uniform and definite composition

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Substance

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Is a quality or condition of a substance that can be observed or measured without changing the substance composition

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Physical Property

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A form of matter that has a definite shape of its container

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Solid

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Is a form of matter that has an indefinite shape ,flows, and yet has a fixed volume

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Liquid

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Is a form of matter that takes both the shape and volume of its container

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Gas

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Describes the gaseous state of a substance that is generally a liquid or solid at room temperature, as in water vapor

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Vapor

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Some properties of a material change, but the composition of the material does not change.

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Physical Change

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Is a physical blend of 2 or more components

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Mixture

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