Chemistry Chapter 1 9.15.05

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Analytical

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Identification of components and composition of materials

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Organic

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Study of most carbon-containing compounds

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Theoretical

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Use of mathematics and computers to understand the principles behind observed chemical behavior and to design and predict the properties of new compounds

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Inorganic

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Study of all substances not classified as organic

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Physical

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Study of properties and changes of matter and their relation of energy

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Biochemistry

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Study of substances and processes occurring in living things

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Alchemy

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Practical pursuit of transmutation

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Applied Research

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Carried out to solve a problem

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Chemistry

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Study of composition, structure and properties of matter and the changes it undergoes

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Chemical

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Any substances that has a definite composition

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Basic Research

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Carried out for the sake of increasing knowledge

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Technological Development

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Invovles production and use of products that improve the quality of life

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Volume

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Amount of 3 dimensional space an object occupies

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Mass

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Measure of the amount of matter

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Element

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Pure substance made of only kind of atom

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Mixture

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Blend of 2 or more kinds of matter, each of which retains its own identity

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Compound

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Substance that is made of two or mmore elements that are chemically combined

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Matter

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Anything that has mass and takes up space

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Atom

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Smallest unit of an element that maintains the properties of that element

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Molecule

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Smallest unit of an element or compound that retains all of the properties of the element

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Chemical Property

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Relates to a substances ability to undergo changes that transform it into different substances

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Extensive

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Depends on the amount of matter that is present

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Physical Change

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Change in a substance that does not involve a change in the identity of the substance

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Chemical Change

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Change in which one or more substances are converted into different substances

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Physical Property

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Characteristics that can be observed or measure without changing the identity of the substance

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Intensive

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Does not depend on the amount of matter that is present

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Liquid

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Definite volume but indefinite shape, assumes shape of a container

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Plasma

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High temperature state of matter in which atoms lose their electrons

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Gas

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Neither definite volume not definite shape, fills any container

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Solid

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Definite volume and definite shape, particles packed together in fixed position

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Heterogeneous Mixtures

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Not uniform throughtout

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Pure Substance

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Substances that has a fixed composition with exactly the same characteristic property and exactly the same composition

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Homogeneous Mixtures

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Mixtures uniform in composition, solutions

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Malleable

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Hammered down into sheets

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Metals

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Good conductors, malleable, ductile, tensile

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Ductile

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Can be drawn into fine wire

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Nonmetals

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Brittle, poor conductors

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Metalloid

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Element that has some characteristics of metals and some characteristics of nonmetals

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Groups

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Vertical columns of the periodic table

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Periods

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Horizontal rows of elements in the periodic table

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Noble Gases

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Elements that are generally unreactive

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Color
(Physical,Chemical)

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Physical Property

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Density
(Physical,Chemical)

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Physical Property

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Reactivity
(Physical,Chemical)

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Chemical Property

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Stability
(Physical,Chemical)

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Chemical Property