What Is Chemistry? Flashcards
Organic Chemistry
Study of all chemicals containing carbon.
Inorganic chemistry
Study of chemicals that in general do not contain carbon.
Biochemistry
Study of process that take place in organisms.
Analytical chemistry
The study that focuses on composition of matter.
Physical Chemistry
This area that deals with the mechanism, the rate, and the energy that transfers that occurs when matter undergoes a change.
Chemistry
Is the study of the composition of matter and the changes that matter undergoes. There are 5 types of study.
Matter
Is anything that has mass and occupies space.
Mass
Is a measure of the amount of matter in an object.
Technology
Is the means by which a society provides its members with these things needed and desired.
Pure Chemistry
Is the pursuit of chemical knowledge for its own sake.
Applied Chemistry
It the research that is directed toward a pratical goal or application.
Volume
The volume of an object is a measure of the space occupied by the object.
Extensive Property
Is a property that depends on the amount of matter in a sample.
Intensive Property
Is a property that depends on the type of matter in a sample, not the amount of matter.
Substance
Matter that has uniform and definite composition.