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What is a molecule

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two or more atoms are joined in specific shapes.

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What is the volume like of a gas?

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a gas can be compressed to occupy a smaller volume or it can expand to occupy a larger one

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What is the shape of gas like?

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uniformly fills its container

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What is the shape like of a liquid?

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the shape of the portion of the container it occupies

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What is the volume like in a liquid?

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a distinct volume independent of its containter

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What is the shape and volume of a solid like?

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definite shape and definite volume

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What does compressing gas do to the space of a gas?

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decreases the amount of space between molecules and increases the frequency of collisions does not alter the size or shape of the molecule

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what is a pure substance

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matter that has distinct properties and a composition that does not vary

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what is an example of a pure substance?

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water and table salt

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Law of constant composition

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the elemental composition of a compound is always the same

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what are pure compounds?

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same composition and properties under the same conditions

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When mixtures dont have the same composition what are they?

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heterogeneous

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When mixtures are unifrom throughout what are they?

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homogeneous

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What is another name for homogeneous mixtures?

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solutions

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what is the first step in classifying matter?

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is it uniform throughout

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If the matter is uniform throughout what is it?

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homogenous

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If the matter is no uniform throughout what is it?

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heterogenous mixture

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If the matter is homogeneous, if it does have a variable composition what is it?

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homogenous mixture(solution)

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If the matter is homogenous and is not a variable composition
What is it?

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Pure substance

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If matter is homogenous, doesnt have a varibale composition, and a pure substance, and it contains more than on kind of atom
What is it?

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A compound

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If matter is homogenous, doesnt have a varibale composition, and a pure substance, and it doesnt contains more than on kind of atom
What is it?

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element

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what are physical properties?

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observed without changing the identity and composition of the substance

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What are examples of physical properties?

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color, odor, density, melting point, boiling point, and hardness

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what are chemical properties?

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describe the way a substance may change, or react, to form other substances

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What is a common chemical property?
flammability
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What are intensive properties?
a property that does not depend on the amount of sample being examined
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What is an example of intensive property?
density
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What are extensive properties?
depends on the amount of sample considered
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what are examples of extensive properties?
mass or volume
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What are physical changes?
substance changes its physical appearance but not its composition:
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What is an example of a physical change?
the evaporation of water
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Are changes of states a physical or chemical change?
physical change
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What is a chemical change?
a substance is transformed into a chemically different substance
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What is an example of a chemical change?
hydrogen burns in air
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What is distillation?
a process that depends on the different abilities of substances to form gases
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What do you use distillation for?
separating the components of a homogenous mixture
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What is chromatography?
the differing abilities of substances to adhere to the surfaces of solids
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What can you use chromatography for?
separate mixtures
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what is work?
the energy transferred when a force exerted on an object casues a displacement of that object
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what is heat?
the energy transferred to cause the temp of an object to increase
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what is the work equation?
w=F x d
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What is force?
any push or pull exerted on the object
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what are the two forms of energy?
kinetic energy and potential energy
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what is kinetic energy?
the energy of motion
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What is the equation to find kinetic energy?
Ek=1/2mv^2
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What does kinetic energy do as velocity increases?
increases
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What does kinetic energy do as mass increases?
increases
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What is potential energy?
energy that an object possesses as a result of its position with respect to another object
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When gravitational potential energy decreases what does kinetic energy do?
increases
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what is electrostatic potential energy
arisies from the interactions between charged particles
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what does electrostatic potential energy do as the charges increase?
increases
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what does electrostatic potential energy do as the distance between charges increases?
increase
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What is Kilo or k meaning?
10^3
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What is deci or d meaning?
10^-1
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what is centi or c meaning?
10^-2
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What is mili or m meaning?
10^-3
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What is micro meaning?
10^-6
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what is nano meaning?
10^-9
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How to K from Celsisus?
K= C+ 273.15
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How to find Celsisu from Fraheint?
C=5/9(F-32)
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How to find Farheint from Celsisu?
9/5(C)+32
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What does 1cm^3 equal?
1mL
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What does density equal?
Density= mass/ volume
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what is the units for density?
gm/cm3 or g/mL
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What is the units of energy?
Joules or 1 kg-m^2/s^2
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What does 1 cal equal?
4.184J
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what are exact numbers?
values are known exactly
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What are inexact numbers?
values have some uncertainty
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What is an example of an exact number?
1000g in a kilogram
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What is another way to find a exact number?
counting objects
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Are measurement inexact or exact numbers?
inexact
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What is precision?
how closely individual measruments agree with one another
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what is accuracy?
how closley individual measurments agree with the correct or true value
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Are zeros between nonzero digits significant or not signifcant?
always signficant( example 1005 has 4 sig figs)
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Are zeros at the beginning of a number sig or not sig?
never(ex 0.02 has 1 sig fig)
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Zeros at the end of a number is the number conains a decimal point sig or not sig?
sig(ex: 0.0200g has 3 sig fig)
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How to detemine sig figs when adding and subtracting?
the result has the same number of decimal places as the measurement with the fewest decimal places
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How to find sig figs for multiplaction and division?
the result contains the same number of sig figs as the measurment with the fewest sig figs
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how many cm are in a in?
2.54 cm= 1in
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how to go from m to cm?
1cm/ 10^-2m
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how to convert m to km?
1km/10^3 m
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how to convert km to mi?
1 mi/ 1.6093km
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how to convert in^3 to cm^3
use 2.54cm/1in then cube it
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How to convert mL to L?
1L/ 1000mL

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