Chapter 1 Flashcards

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What is the role of any scientist?

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to explain the world around them

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What is chemistry?

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the study of matter and its properties, the changes that matter undergoes, and the energy associated with those charges

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How do chemists study unobservable causes?

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study observable changes in the universe

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What effects how revolutionary something is?

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The history of chemistry

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What is the Scientific Method?

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Observe
Hypothesize
Experiment
Model
Experiment
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What do we do since we can only observe the kind of small and not the really small?

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make macroscopic observations and conclude on a microscopic scale

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What is macroscopic?

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things we observe with our eyes

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What is microscopic?

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cannot see but have significant evidence of

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What are other names for microscopic?

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Molecular

Particulate

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What does symbolic mean in chemistry?

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the ability of a chemist to convey a significant amount of information in a picture or symbol

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What is an atom?

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the smallest thing that retains properties that make up an element

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What is a molecule?

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atoms together

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13
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What is a compound?

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2+ elements together

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14
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What is a mixture?

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2+ substances physically intermingled

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Only property that can be measured before, during, and after a change?

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physical property

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Property that can change in a chemical reaction and become different structure and substance?

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chemical properties

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17
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What color is oxygen in a model?

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red

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18
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What color is nitrogen in a model?

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blue

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19
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How do you tell what element is what in a model?

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color and size

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What is intensive mean?

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no matter how much you have of something, your results don’t change

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What is extensive mean?

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when the amount of something changes, its identity changes

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22
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Extensive or Intensive….Density

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Intensive

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23
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Extensive or Intensive….Boiling Point

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Intensive

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Extensive or Intensive….Volume

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Extensive

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Extensive or Intensive....luster
Intensive
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Extensive or Intensive....length
Extensive
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Extensive or Intensive....charge
Extensive
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Does intensive or extensive allow for comparisons?
Intensive
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How do u get an intensive property with extensive ones?
two or more extensive properties
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State of matter with strict limited movement?
solid
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State of matter with some movement but still significantly contacting each other?
liquid
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State of matter with free movement?
gas
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State of matter with a lot of charge?
plasma
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What is plasma?
partially ionized gas
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What is the qualitative uncertainty in a measurement?
lacking confidence in the final digit you guess
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What is the quantitative uncertainty in a measurement?
how we know how uncertain we are
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How do u increase the certainty?
adding more significant figures
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What is included in significant digits?
all the certain digits and 1 uncertain
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What digits of equipment is uncertain?
the last digit
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How many attempts do precise and accurate take?
``` precise = multiple attempts accurate = only need 1 attempt ```
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What is precise and what is accurate?
``` precise = identical outcome every time accurate = getting the number you want ```
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What are the two types of errror?
systematic | random
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Which error can be corrected if caught?
systematic
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Which error is found by using a comparison of the same instrument ?
systematic
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Which error will always be too high or too low?
systematic
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Which error varies and you need the average?
random
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What does error do to certainty?
decreases certainty | increases uncertainty
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What is consistent error, incorrect by a constant amount?
systematic
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What is an error that exists in every measurement?
random
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Method to express very small or large numbers allowing us to display sig figs?
scientific notation
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``` Sig Figs: 0.30 0.0054 3.70 800 800. ```
``` 2 2 3 1 3 ```
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What numbers in scientific notation are sig figs?
all of them
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Your confidence is a calculation is only as good as your _____?
worst measurement
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Sig Figs for addition and subtraction?
least number of decimals = decimals in answer
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Sig Figs for multiplying and dividing?
the least number of sig figs = sig figs in the answer
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What do you do when you round with a 5?
round up
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on what tools is very digit significant?
printed tolerance | error
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What is an exact number?
a number with no uncertainty
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How many sig figs does an exact number have?
infinite
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When do we consider sig figs in the conversions?
metric to us
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what is the system called where u convert with factors of 10 and its based on prefixes?
SI units | metric to metric conversions