Unit 2 Chem Flashcards
What is a qualitative property?
Can be described by using the senses
What is a Quantitative property?
Can be measured and include and numerical value
What is a physical property?
Describes the general appearance of a substance
What is a Chemical property?
Describes how a substance behaves when it comes in contact with other substances
What is a particle theory of matter?
- All matter is made of tiny particles
- Each pure substance has its own kind of particle different from other substances
- Particles have a force of attraction
- Particles are always moving
- Temperature effects the speed at which particles at
What are the three states of matter?
Solid
Liquid
Gas
What is a suspension?
A term to describe a mixture that look one phased mixture but over time the solid particles settle out
How can you force a suspension?
By adding a emulsifier
What is a emulsion?
An emulsion if a mixture that overtime over time does not separate or settle out
What is a colloid?
A colloid looks a one phased mixture, but suspended don’t not settle out
How can you distinguish colloid from a homogeneous mixture?
Colloid particles are longer than particles of a homogeneous mixture
What is a pure substance?
Only one type of an atom or molecules
What is a element?
Only one type of atom
What is a compound?
2 or more different atoms
What is a mixture?
Contains two or more substances