vocabulary Flashcards

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Chemistry

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the branch of science that deals with the identification of the substances of which matter is composed; the investigation of their properties and the ways in which they interact, combine, and change

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Matter

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Particles that can take form of any state and go through the five phase changes

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Extensive Property

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covering or affecting a large area.

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Intensive Property

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concentrated on a single area or subject

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Mass

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a coherent, typically large body of matter with no definite shape

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Volume

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the amount of space that a substance or object occupies, or that is enclosed within a container, especially when great.

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Physical Property

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the amount of space that a substance or object occupies, or that is enclosed within a container, especially when great.

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Physical Change

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a usually reversible change in the physical properties of a substance, as size or shape

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Chemical Change

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a usually irreversible chemical reaction involving the rearrangement of the atoms of one or more substances and a change in their chemical properties or composition, resulting in the formation of at least one new substance

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Chemical Property

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property or characteristic of a substance that is observed during a reaction in which the chemical composition or identity of the substance is changed

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Phases of Matter

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solid, liquid, gas

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Solid

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A harden definite substance

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Liquid

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A substance that flows freely and can be changed back into solid or change into gas

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Gas

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Lose particles that move about freely in any space available

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Freezing

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To solidify a liquid in cold temperatures

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Melting

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to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.

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Vaporization

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visible exhalation, as fog, mist, steam, smoke, or noxious gas, diffused through or suspended in the air

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Condensation

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Being more dense

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Sublimation

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The process of a solidified substance becoming a liquid

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Deposition

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The direct solidification of a vapor by cooling; the reverse of sublimation.

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substance

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Any state with specific properties

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Element

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one of a class of substances that cannot be separated into simpler substances by chemical means.

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Chemical Symbol

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an abbreviation or short representation of a chemical element

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Compound

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substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight

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Mixture
A composition of two or more substances that are not chemically combined with each other and are capable of being separated.
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Homogenous Mixture
is simply any mixture that is uniform in composition throughout
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Heterogenous MIxture
a mixture that composes of components that aren't uniform or they have localized regions that all have different properties.
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Filteration
the action or process of filtering something.
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Distilation
used to purify water or other substances, or to remove one component from a complex mixture, as when gasoline is distilled from crude oil or alcohol from a mash.
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Solution
a homogeneous mixture composed of two or more substances.
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Chemical Reaction
a process that involves rearrangement of the molecular or ionic structure of a substance, as opposed to a change in physical form or a nuclear reaction.
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Reactant
a substance that takes part in and undergoes change during a reaction.
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Product
the species formed from chemical reactions
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Precipitate
cause (a substance) to be deposited in solid form from a solution.
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Law of Conversion Mass
mass in an isolated system is neither created nor destroyed by chemical reactions or physical transformations.