Chapter 1 Lecture Flashcards
(12 cards)
1
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What is Chemistry?
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Chemistry is the study of matter and matter’s changes.
2
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What are the 3 types of analysis?
A
Principle Component
Trace Analysis
Structure
3
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What are the 2 types of synthesis?
A
Making compounds
Reactions
4
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What did the Greeks believe matter was composed of?
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Earth, Air, Fire, Water
5
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What are the 5 areas of Chemistry?
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Analytical, Biochemical, Organic, Inorganic, and Physical
6
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What is a Scientific Law?
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- Empirical Generalization
- Consolidation with repeated testing
- Expressed as a concise verbal or mathematical statement
7
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What is a Scientific Theory?
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- Grand synthesis of a large body of information
- Serves to explain a major phenomenon
- supported by a large body of information
- Have far-reaching implications
8
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What is matter?
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anything that occupies space and has mass
9
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What are the properties of a solid?
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- fixed atom location
- fixed volume and shape
- can be crystalline or amorphous
10
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What are the properties of a liquid?
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- Atoms are free to move, but still close together
- fixed volume, no fixed shape
11
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What are the properties of a gas?
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- Atoms far apart, free to move
- Neither fixed volume nor shape
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