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it is a tentative explanation or prediction based on experimental observations |
Hypothesis |
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It is a concise verbal or mathematical statement of a behavior or a relationship that is consistently observed in nature without contradiction |
Law |
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It is a well-tested unifying principle that explains a body of facts and the laws based on them |
Theory |
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It describes what happens |
Scientific Law |
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It explains why or how it happens |
Scientific Theory |
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This law states that in chemical reactions, matter is neither created nor destroyed |
Law of Conservation of Matter |
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Who developed the law of conservation of matter? and in what year? |
Antoine Lavoisier in 1174 |
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He is considered as the father of modern chemistry. He discovered oxygen's role in combustion, and played an important part in reforming nomenclature in chemistry. |
Antoine Lavoisier |
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This law states that each pure chemical compound has the same percentage composition of each element by mass |
Law of Constant Composition / Law of Definite Proportions |
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This law states that any given compound always contains the same elements in the same proportions by mass |
Law of Constant Composition / Law of Definite Proportions |
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Who is the one who developed the Law of Constant Composition / Law of Definite Proportions? in what year? |
Joseph Proust in 1799 |
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According to the Law of Constant Composition / Law of Definite Proportions, Water is always ____ and ____ by mass |
88.9% oxygen and 11.1% hydrogen |
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What are the 5 atomic models |
Solid particle Plum Pudding Nuclear Solar system Wave-mechanical |
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What was the word Democritus used as the point, or stage where matter cannot be broken down any further |
Atomos |
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The word atomos means what? |
indivisible |
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John Dalton developed his atomic theory over the years from ___ to ___ |
1803 to 1808 |
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What was John Dalton's Atomic Theory |
1. Matter is compromised of atoms 2. Atoms are indivisible and indestructible 3. All atoms of a particular element share identical properties 4. Atoms of different elements contain different mass 5. Atoms of different elements combine in fixed, whole-number ratios when forming compounds. |
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The solid particle model of an atom was proposed by whom? |
John Dalton |
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This law states that when two elements combine to form different compounds, the mass of one element combines with the same mass of the other element in a rationof small whole numbers |
Law of multiple proportions |
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He is the one who proposed the plum pudding model |
Joseph John Thomson |
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In 1834, he showed that electric currents could cause chemical reactions to occur, demonstrating the electric nature of the atom |
Michael Faraday |
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He is an English scientist that hypothesized that atoms contain electric charge |
Michael Faraday |
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In the 1870s he developed the Cathode Ray Tube |
Sir William Crookes |
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William Crookes thought that CRTs were ____ instead of electrons |
negatively charged molecules |
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In 1897, Joseph John Thomson determined that cathode rays is a fundamental part of matter called ___ |
electrons |
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In 1906, he was credited with the discovery of the electron |
Joseph John Thomson |
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It is the first subatomic particle to be discovered |
Electron |
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In 1909, he performed the oil drop experiment |
Robert Millikan |
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This atomic model is described as electrons bathed in a sea of positive charges |
Plum Pudding Model |
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Who were the people involved in the gold foil experiment |
Ernest Rutherford, Hans Geiger, and Ernest Marsden |
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it is an experiment in which heavy alpha particles were aimed a thin gold foil |
gold foil experiment |
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It is the second subatomic particle that was discovered |
Neutron |
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Who discovered neutrons |
Ernest Rutherford |
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It is the last subatomic particle to be discovered |
Protons |
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Who discovered protons |
James Chadwick |
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How was rutherford's model disproved? |
the electron would circle the nucleus and gain acceleration, which results to the electron falling towards the nucleus. in other words, it would be unstable. |
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This atomic model is described as to have electrons move around the center of the atom called the nucleus |
Nuclear model |
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This atomic model is described that electrons orbit the nucleus similar to hpw planets orbit the sun |
Bohr's model / planetary model |
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Why did Bohr's model fail? |
Because it was according to the laws of classical physics, which applies only to fairly large objects |
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Who discovered the Planetary/Solar System model |
Niels Bohr |
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This atomic model describes that electrons move around the nucleus in a cloud, not orbits |
Quantum Mechanical Model / Wave Mechanical Model |
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Who discovered the Quantum Mechanical Model / Wave Mechanical Model |
Erwin Schrodinger |
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The ___ helps us predict the area where we can find electrons |
Orbital |
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The closer position to the ___ the higher chance to find electrons |
Nucleus |
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When was Antoine Lavoisier born |
August 26, 1743 |
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When did Antoine Lavoisier die? |
May 8, 1794 |
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Who did Antoine Lavoisier marry? |
Marie-Anne Paulze |
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How did Antoine Lavosier die? |
by guillotine in the french revolution |
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What are Antoine Lavosier's key achievements in chemistry |
Oxygen theory, conservation of mass, nomenclature |
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Explain the solid particle model |
Solid spheres that are indivisible, it cannot be divided, created or destroyed. All atoms of a particular element share identical properties, and different elements have different properties. These combine to form conpounds. |
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Explain the plum pudding model |
Positively charged spheres with fixed electrons. An atom that is electrically neutral. |
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Explain the nuclear model |
Mainly empty space with positive charge concentrated at the nucleus which is the center of the atom, and electrons that move around it. |
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Explain the Bohr's/ Planetary/ Solar System model |
Electrons that orbits the nucleus on the energy shell. The orbits have specific size and energy |
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Explain the Quantum Mechanical Model |
An electron cloud with the nucleus at the center. The closer position to the nucleus the higher chance tk find electrons. |
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A unit of electricity was named after Michael Faraday. What unit is this? |
farad |
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It is a chart containjng information about atoms |
Periodic table |
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The periodic table contauns the building blocks of matter called ___? |
Elements |
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In 1817 he created the triads of elements |
Johann Dobereiner - German chemist |
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What was the process of the triads of elements periodic table? |
Add upper and lower atomic masses, then divide by 2. It should be the atomic mass of the middle element. |
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In 1863 he created the law of octaves, where there are similar properties every 8 elements when arranged in order of increasing atomic mass. |
John Newlands - English chemist |
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In 1869, they created the periodic table in order of increasing atomic mass while putting in groups those with similar properties; blank space for elements yet to be discovered. |
Dmitri Mendeleev - teacher from Russia Lothar Meyer - scientist/teacher from Germany |
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In 1914 , he created the modern periodic law which states that the properties of elements vary leruodically with atomic number |
Henry Moseley - English physicist |
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Similar properties could be noted for every 8 octaves |
Law of octaves |
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property of elements vary periodically with atomic number |
Modern periodic law |
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Vertical column of the periodic table |
Groups/Families |
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Horizontal rows of the periodic table |
Periods/series |
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What are the different blocks/series of the periodic table |
s-block, d-block, p-block and f-block |
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Groups 1, 2, 13-18 are the ___ elements |
Representative elements/ main groups |
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Groups 3-12 are the ___ elements. They arr less reactive and harder metals. Includes metals used in jewelry, money, and construction |
Transition elements |
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What are the inner transition elements |
Lanthanides and Actinides |
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They have the appearance and properties of metals but behave like non metal in certain instances. In a stair step line. |
Semi metals/Metalloids |
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What are the metalloids? |
Boron, Silicon, Germanium, Arsenic, Antimony, Tellurium, Polonium |
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They are insulators at lower temperatures but become conductors at higher temperatures |
Semiconductor |
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It is the ease and speed hich a metal reacts wiyh another substance |
Reactivity |
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The gradual wearing away of metal due to interaction with other substances |
Corrosion |
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The definite order of reactivity existing among metals and hydrogen according to their ability to displace one another |
Activity series of metal |
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Region around the nucleus occupied by electron |
Energy level/electron shell |
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Highest energy level that an electron occupies |
Valence Shell |
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Electrons involved in the valence shell, and in chemical reactions |
Valence Electron |
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Non metals to anions ___ electrons |
gain |
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metal to cation ___ electrons |
lose |
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Simplest and smallest particles |
Atoms |
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Atoms are composed of what? |
Protons, neutrons, and electrons. |
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Substances that cannot be broken down any further by chemical means |
Elements |
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Each element has an ___, ___, ___, and ___ |
atomic number, symbol, name, and average atomic mass |
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the number of protons found in the nucleus of an atom |
Atomic number |
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The mass of an atom including the protons, neutrons and electrons |
Average atomic mass |
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particle held tightly, very close together, regular arrangement, vibrates, cant move from place to place |
Solid |
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Particles held weakly, very close together, random arrangement, vibrates, constantly move past eachother |
Liquid |
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no attraction between particles, far apart, random arrangement, vibrate, move quickly in all directions |
gas |
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Property used to characterize materials in reactions that change their identity |
Chemical property |
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a characteristic of a substance that can be observed without changing the substance into something else |
physical property |
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Whatvare the 3 major categories of elements |
Metals, non metals, and metalloids |
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Lustrous, malleable and are good conductors for electricity |
Metals |
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Elements that do not share the properties of metals |
Non metals |
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Elements that share some, but not all properties of metal |
Metalloids |
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means shiny or reflective of light |
Lustrous |
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means apable of being shaped |
Malleable |
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means allowing electricity and heat to flow through |
being a good conductor |
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It is the elements in group 1. Very reactive metals that always combjne with something else in nature. ex. Salt |
Alkali metals |
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Elements in group 2. Reactive metals that are always combined with non-metals in nature. ex. calcium |
Alkaline Earth Metals |
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elements in group 13. Boron has prolerties of both metals and non-metals. The rest in this grouo are metals. |
Boron family |
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Elements in group 14. Elements important tk life and computers. ex. germanium and silicon (important semiconductors) |
Carbon famiy |
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The basic element in all organic compounds |
Carbon |
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Elements in group 15. |
Nitrogen Family |
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It makes uo more than 3/4s of our atmosphere |
Nitrogen |
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red tip of matches is made of what? |
Phosphorus |
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Elements in group 16 |
Oxygen family or Chalcogens |
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It is necessary for respiration |
Oxygen |
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Many things that have a bad odor contain what? |
Sulfur |
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Elements in group 17. Very reactive, diatomic non-metals. Found combined with other elements in nature. |
Halogens |
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Used to keep bacteria out of swimming pools |
Chlorine |
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Elements in group 18. inert/non reactive gases. used in lighted neon signs |
Noble gases |
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Used to make party balloons float |
Helium |
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How do you calculate the no. of neutrons |
atomic weight - atomic no. |
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How do you calculate the atomic mass |
no. of neutrons + atomic no. |