Chemical Building Blocks - Chap 1 & 2

Front 1

An element's smallest particle is call an ___________.

Back 1

atom

Front 2

The force holding atoms together is called __________________?

Back 2

chemical bond

Front 3

A material change producing new substances is called ________________.

Back 3

chemical change

Front 4

The process during which substances experience chemical changes is call ________________.

Back 4

chemical reaction

Front 5

The study of matter is called _____________.

Back 5

chemistry

Front 6

A chemically-combined substance composed of two or more elements is called ____________________.

Back 6

compound

Front 7

The measurement of the mass of a substance within a given volume is called _________________.

Back 7

density

Front 8

A metal strip that gains or loses electrodes during electrolysis is called an ___________________.

Back 8

electrode

Front 9

The process of breaking chemical bonds through the use of an electrical current is called _____________.

Back 9

electrolysis

Front 10

Any substance that cannot chemically or physically become another substance is called ________________________.

Back 10

element

Front 11

Symbol combinations showing element ratios in a compound is called ___________________.

Back 11

formula

Front 12

A measurement system that gives mass, length, and time measurements is called _________________.

Back 12

International System of Units or SI (for short).

Front 13

The measure of an object's matter is called _____________________.

Back 13

mass

Front 14

The combination of two or more substances that is not chemically converted to a new substance is called _____________________.

Back 14

mixture

Front 15

The combination of two or more bonded atoms is called a ___________________.

Back 15

molecule

Front 16

Name the two scientist in the text who contributed to our understanding of atoms: ______________________________.

Back 16

Democritus and Dalton

Front 17

A change altering a substance's appearance, without changing into a different substance is called __________________________.

Back 17

physical change

Front 18

A means of element identification using one or two letters ___________________.

Back 18

symbol

Front 19

The amount of space occupied by matter is called _________________________.

Back 19

volume

Front 20

A measure of the force of gravity on an object is called _____________________.

Back 20

weight

Front 21

A solid consisting of particles not having a regular pattern is called ______________________________.

Back 21

amorphous solid

Front 22

The temperature at which a liquid changes to a gas is called __________________________.

Back 22

boiling point

Front 23

Vaporization that occurs below a liquid's surface is called _________________________.

Back 23

boiling

Front 24

The inverse relationship between the pressure and volume of a gas at a constant pressure; when volume increases, pressure decreases is called ________________________.

Back 24

Boyle's law

Front 25

The relationship between the temperature and volume of a gas at constant pressure; when temperature increases, volume increases is called ______________________

Back 25

Charles's law

Front 26

The change in a state of matter from gas to liquid is called ___________________________.

Back 26

condensation

Front 27

A solid consisting of regular, repeating crystal patterns is called ___________________________.

Back 27

crystalline solid

Front 28

A change in the state of matter from solid to liquid is called ____________________________.

Back 28

melting

Front 29

The temperature at which a solid changes into a liquid is called ___________________________.

Back 29

melting point

Front 30

A solid consisting of regular crystal patterns is called a ____________________.

Back 30

crystalline solid

Front 31

A term describing a variable relationship in which a graph consists of a straight line progressing through a point is called _____________________________.

Back 31

directly proportional

Front 32

A process in which vaporization takes place solely on a liquid's surface is called _______________________________.

Back 32

evaporation

Front 33

A change in the state of matter from liquid to solid is called _________________________.

Back 33

freezing

Front 34

A state of matter without definite shape and definite volume is called _________________________.

Back 34

gas

Front 35

A diagram (picture) showing the relationship between two variables is called. _______________________________.

Back 35

graph

Front 36

A state of matter without a definite shape, but a definite volume is called ________________________.

Back 36

liquid

Front 37

A state of matter that has both definite volume and shape is called ______________________.

Back 37

a solid

Front 38

The change in a state of matter from solid directly to gas is _______________________________.

Back 38

sublimation

Front 39

The measure of any substance's particle's average kinetic energy (Hot or cold) is called ________________________________.

Back 39

temperature

Front 40

The energy belonging to the particles of a substance created by particle movement or vibration is called ______________________________.

Back 40

thermal energy

Front 41

The change in the state of matter from liquid to solid is called ____________________________.

Back 41

vaporization

Front 42

A term describing a variable relationship with a graph that forms a downward-sloping curve to the right is called a ________________________.

Back 42

vary inversely

Front 43

A liquid's resistance to flowing is called _____________________________.

Back 43

viscosity