vocabulary Flashcards

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Chemistry

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

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Chemical property

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The ability of a substance to undergo specific chemical change

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Chemical change

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A change that produces matter with a different composition than the original matter.

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matter

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physical substance in general, as distinct from mind and spirit that which occupies space and possesses rest mass, especially as distinct from energy.

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Extensive Properties

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a kind of physical property depends on the amount of the substance the item has

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Intensive Properties

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it is a property that rest with the nature of a substance

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mass

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

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volume

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is the quantity of three-dimensional space occupied by a liquid, solid, or gas.

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Physical Property

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is any property that is measurable, whose value describes a state of a physical system.

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physical change

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are changes affecting the form of a chemical substance, but not its chemical composition.

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Phase (Phase of Matter)

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The states in which matter can exist: as a solid, liquid, or gas. When temperature changes, matter can undergo a phase change, shifting from one form to another.

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soild

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is a state of matter characterized by particles arranged such that their shape and volume are relatively stable.

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Liquid

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is one of the states of matter.

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Gas

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a substance that is characterized by widely separated molecules in rapid motion

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freezing

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The process through which a substance changes from a liquid to a solid.

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Melting

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transition of a substance from a solid to a liquid.

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Vaporization

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an element or compound is a phase transition from the liquid phase to vapor.

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Sublimation

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is a type of phase transition

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deposition

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solidification of a vapor by cooling

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Substance (Pure Substance)

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are defined as substances that are made of only one type of atom or only one type of molecule

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element

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is composed of atoms that have the same atomic number,

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compound

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is a substance formed when two or more chemical elements are chemically bonded together.

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Condensation

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is the process of a substance in a gaseous state transforming into a liquid state

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Chemical Symbol

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an abbreviation or short representation of a chemical element

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mixture
Any substance that has a uniform and unchanging composition
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Homogeneous Mixture
In physical chemistry and materials science that refers to substances and mixtures which are in a single phase.
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solution
is a homogeneous mixture composed of two or more substances
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Heterogeneous Mixture
is a combination of two or more pure substances in which the original substances retain their chemical properties.
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filtration
is any of various mechanical
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Distillation
the separating of the constituents of a liquid by boiling it and then condensing the vapor that results.
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Chemical Reaction
process in which one or more substances, the reactants, are converted to one or more different substances, the products.
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Reactant
a substance that takes part in and undergoes change during a reaction.
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Product
a process in which one or more substance
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precipitate
substance precipitated from a solution.
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Law of Conservation of Mass
is neither created nor destroyed. In a closed system, mass of reactants is equal to mass of products.