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What is matter?

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Anything that takes up space

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What is mass?

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The amount of matter that an object contains without any gravitational force

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What is mass measured in?

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Kilograms (kg)

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Which states can matter be?

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Solid
Liquid
Gas

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What is matter made up of?

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Atoms

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What is the volume?

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The amount of space that the matter takes up

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What are the features of solids?
(4)

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Solids have a fixed shape

The particles are closely packed together in a regular structure

The particles vibrate around in a fixed position

Solids aren’t easily compressed

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What are the features of liquids?
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Liquids take up the shape of the container that they’re in

The particles are closely packed together, but there’s no regular arrangement

The particles can vibrate and move past each other

Liquids aren’t easily compressed

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What are the features of gases?
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Gases can take the shape of the container that they’re in

The particles are spread out with no particular arrangement

The particles can move freely

Gases are easily compressed

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What is the density?

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The amount of mass per unit volume

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What does the density describe?

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How closely packed together the particles are in solids, liquids and gases

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What is density measured in?

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Kilograms per metre cubed (kg/m3)

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What is weight?

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The downward force on an object due to the gravitational pull of the earth

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How is weight measured?

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Newtons

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What is force?

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A pull,push or other action that changes the motion of an object

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What is the equation for force?

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Mass x acceleration

(F = m x a)

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How is force measured?

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Newtons

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What is work?

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The force applied to an object multiplied by the distance

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What is the equation for work?

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Force x distance

(W = f x d)

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How is work measured?

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Joules

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What is energy?

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The ability to do work

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What are the 2 types of energy?

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Potential energy

Kinetic energy

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What is potential energy?

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The energy that’s stored

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What is kinetic energy?

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The energy that’s being expended (used)

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When will atoms have no net charge? Why?
When they have the same number of protons and electrons Because the charges cancel each other out
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What is the nucleus held together by?
A strong nuclear force
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What is binding energy?
The amount of energy needed to split the atom
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How is binding energy created?
When the nucleus is being held together by a strong nuclear force
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What keeps the electrons in orbit around the nucleus?
The force of attraction between the negatively charged electrons and positively charged protons
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What do electrons orbit?
The nucleus
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What are electron shells also known as?
Orbits
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What holds electrons in their orbits?
Binding energy
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The closer the electron is to the nucleus… (Binding energy)
The stronger the binding energy
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What equation is used to calculate the maximum number of electrons that a shell can hold?
2n2 (squared) N represents the number of shells
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When can an electron be removed from its orbit?
If it’s struck with an energy that’s greater than the binding energy
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What is a removed electron referred to?
An ion
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What is ionisation?
The process of removing an electron from its orbit, causing the removed electron to be referred to as an ion
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What happens if ionisation happens in the shell nearer the nucleus?
An electron from an outer shell will drop down to fill the vacancy in the inner shell
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How is x-ray produced? (4)
Ionisation occurs in a shell near the nucleus An electron from an outer shell will drop down to fill the vacancy in the inner shell Energy is released in the form of electromagnetic radiation (characteristic x-ray photons) The orbit shells fill from the shell nearest the nucleus outwards because a vacancy in a shell makes it unstable
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What are the particles of an object given when heat is given to the object?
Kinetic energy
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What does increasing the kinetic energy given to particles do to the particles?
It causes them to move more
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What type of temperature does an object with a higher kinetic energy have compared to an object with lower kinetic energy?
An object with higher kinetic energy has a higher temperature than an object with lower kinetic energy
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What is temperature the measure of?
The average kinetic energy that the particles of an object have
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What is heat? (2)
The transfer of energy from one object of matter to another, or from one part of an object to another part
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How does heat transfer happen?
Because of a temperature gradient
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What is a temperature gradient?
Movement of heat from an area of high temperature to an area of lower temperature
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When does heat transfer stop?
When the temperatures of the 2 objects, or the parts of the same object- are the same
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What is conduction?
The transfer of heat through direct molecular collision (the molecules hitting each other)
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What does conduction cause?
A transfer of kinetic energy from higher kinetic energy to lower kinetic energy
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When does conduction happen?
It only happens in solids when there’s a temperature gradient
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Which state does conduction happen in?
Solids
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What is convection?
The transfer of heat through liquids or gases
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Which states does convection happen in?
Liquids Gases
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Which particles are heated by conduction?
The particles closest to the heat source
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What happens to the particles that are heated by conduction?
They expand and become less dense, causing them to rise
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What happens once the particles heated by conduction expand and rise?
As they rise, further particles are drawn in from the side towards the heat source and go through the same process
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What happens as the particles heated by conduction rise?
The particles bump into each other, causing heat transfer to happen by the process of conduction. This causes the particles to cool down and fall.
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How are convection currents created?
When the particles that were initially heated by conduction cool down and fall are reheated. This causes them to go through the process of rising, cooling and falling again (because of heat transfer), which creates convection currents
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What’s an example of heat transfer?
Heating up a pan of water on a stove
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What is radiation?
The transfer of heat energy through waves
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What happens when waves hit an object?
Kinetic energy is transferred to the object, causing an increase in temperature. (This is how we feel heat from the sun)
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Which mechanism of heat transfer is the only one that can take place in a vacuum?
Radiation
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What is the electromagnetic spectrum?
A way of ordering the different radiations
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What do all waves have in common?
They all have the same velocity
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What varies between all waves? (3)
Energy Wave length Frequency
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What is the wavelength?
The distance from one peak to another
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What is the frequency?
The number (no.) of cycles per second
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What is frequency measured in?
Hertz (Hz)
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What is the order of the electromagnetic spectrum? (7)
Radio waves Microwaves Infrared radiation Visible light Ultraviolet X-rays Gamma rays
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What is non-ionising radiation?
Low energy radiation with a longer wavelength
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What are 2 examples of non-ionising radiation?
Radio waves Microwaves
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Which is the only electromagnetic radiation that’s visible to the naked eye?
Visible light
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Which are the 2 ionising radiations?
X-rays Gamma rays
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What does ionising radiation do?
The radiation has photons which have enough energy to remove an electron from an atom- ionisation. This can cause damage to human tissue.
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What are photons?
The functional unit of electromagnetic radiation
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What are the 3 components of an atom?
Protons Electrons Neutrons
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What is the nucleus made up of?
Protons Neutrons
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What is the charge of protons?
Positive
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What is the charge of neutrons?
They have no charge
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What is the charge of electrons?
Negative charge
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What do electrons do?
They orbit the nucleus
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Since electrons move very fast, what do they have a lot of?
Kinetic energy
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What are elements?
Substances that can’t be broken down into simpler substances
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What is each element made up of?
A unique atom with an unchanging number of protons
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What determines the exact properties of an atom?
The number of protons, electrons and neutrons it has
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What is the atomic number?
The number of protons in the nucleus
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Why is the atomic number important? (2)
It determines the chemical properties It defines the element
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What letter represents the atomic number?
Z
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What is the atomic mass?
The combined number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus
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What letter represents the atomic mass?
A
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What letter represents the neutron number?
N
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What is the equation for the atomic mass (A)?
A = Z + number of neutrons (Z = atomic number)
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What are isotopes?
Different forms of the same element
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What is different about the atoms of isotopes?
Their atoms have the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons. Therefore, they have a different mass number
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What’s an example of an isotope?
Carbon

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