What is chemistry? Flashcards
Applied Chemistry
The research that is directed towards a practical goal or application.
Organic Chemistry
Study of all chemical containing carbon
Chemistry
Study of the composition of matter and the changes that matter undergoes.
BioChemistry
Study of processes that take place in organisms.
Physical Chemistry
Area that deals with the mechanism rate and energy that transfers when matter undergoes a change.
Technology
By which a society provides its members with those things needed.
Inorganic Chemistry
Study of chemicals that in general do not contain carbon.
Analytical Chemistry
The study that focuses on composition of matter.
Matter
Anything that has mass and occupies space.
Mass
A measure of the amount of matter in an object.
Pure Chemistry
The pursuit of chemical knowledge for its own sake.
Volume
Is a measure of the space occupied by the object.
Extensive Property
Property that depends on the amount of matter in a sample.
Intensive Property
Property that depends on the type of matter in a sample,not the amount of matter.
Substance
Matter that has a uniform and definite composition.