Chemistry Flashcards

(109 cards)

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Water use controlled by the actual end user

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Direct water use

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No fixed volume or shape

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Gas

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Definite volume but no fixed shape

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Liquid

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4
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Fixed volume and fixed shape

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Solid

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5
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Water found on top of the ground

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Surface water

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Water collected underground in porous rock

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Ground water

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7
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Separating liquid substances based on differences in their boiling points

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Distillation

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Separating solid particles from a liquid by passing the mixture through a material that retains the solid particles

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Filtration

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Water changing from a liquid to a gas state, leaving impurities dissolved in it behind

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Evaporation

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Properties that can be observed and measured without changing the chemical makeup of the substance

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Physical properties

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Physical properties

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Density
Color
Melting point 
Taste 
Odor
Boiling point
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12
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Contains relatively larger particles that settle out

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Suspension

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Contains particles large enough to reflect light but too small to settle out

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Colloid

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14
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Contains particles uniformly spread throughout too small to reflect light or settle out

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Solution

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15
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Anything that occupies space and has mass

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Matter

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16
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The smallest particle possessing the properties of an element

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An atom

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17
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Matter that is made up of only one kind of atom

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Element

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18
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A substance composed of atoms of two or more elements

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Compound

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19
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The smallest individual particle of a compound that retains the properties of that compound

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Molecule

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20
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The starting substances in a chemical equation

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Reactants

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21
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The substances formed in a chemical equation

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Products

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22
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Like charges

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Repel

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23
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Unlike charges

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Attract

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24
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Are positively charged and found in the nucleus

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Protons

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Are negatively charged and found in the electron cloud
Electrons
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Have no charge and found in the nucleus
Neutrons
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For any atom, the number of protons is equal to the number of
Electrons
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An atom that has lost or gained an electron and thus has a charge
Ion
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Heterogenous mixtures _____ have a uniform composition
Do not
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Homogenous mixtures _____ have a uniform composition
Do
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Substances that will not dissolve in water noticeably
Insoluble
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Contains more solute than could usually be dissolved at that temperature
Supersaturated
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Contains less dissolved solute than the amount that the solvent can normally hold at that temperature
Unsaturated
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Contains the maximum amount of solute that would normally dissolve at that temperature
Saturated
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The dissolving agent
Solvent
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The substance that gets dissolved
Solute
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As temperature increases gas solubility
Decreases
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As temperature increases solid solubility
Increases
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Water molecules are said to be ______ which means that they have an uneven distribution of electrical charge. One end of the molecule has a partial ______ charge and the other end has a partial ______ charge.
Polar Positive Negative
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"like dissolves like" means that polar water molecules are attracted to other _____ substances. The water molecules ______ charged end is attracted to go the crystal ______ and vice versa .
Polar Negatively Cations
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Soft metal used at one time for paint and water pipes. It's a concern to our health.
Lead
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Metal that is liquid at room temp. can be absorbed through the skin. A concern to our health.
Mercury
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pH values greater than 7.0 have OH- ion
Basic
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pH values less than 7.0 have H+ ion
Acidic
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pH value is 7.0
Neutral
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What are ionic compounds composed of ?
a metal and a nonmetal
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Ionic compounds are formed from the _____ of electrons which forms positive and negative ions
Transfer
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Molecules are composed of two or more ______.
Nonmetals
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Molecules are composed from the _____ of electrons
Sharing
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As pressure of gas ___ solubility increases
Increases
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Removes nearly all dissolved substances
Evaporation
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Breaks down organic contaminants deposited by living creatures into simple compounds
Bacteria
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Sand and gravel help to remove suspended matter
Filtration
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Is added to protect water from bacterial infestation
Chlorine
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Is added to help reduce tooth decay
Fluoride
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Name three types of hard water ions
Magnesium Calcium Iron
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Hard water ions _____ with the cleaning action of soap
Interfere
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In a water softener, the resin helps to soften water by exchanging the hard water ions for _____ ions
Sodium
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In a ___ change, the material remains the same, although it's form appears to have changed.
Physical
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In a ___ change, a substance changes into one or more new substances.
Chemical
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name the 5 indications that a chemical reaction has taken place
``` Formation of a precipitate Evolution of a gas Change in temperature Change in color Production of light Formation of an oxide ```
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A horizontal row of the periodic table
Period
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A vertical column of the periodic table
Family
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Elements with similar properties are in the same
Family
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Noble gas family contains elements that are
unreactive
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How am atom interacts with other is governed largely by the number and arrangement of the atoms
Electrons
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Metals tend to ____ their outermost electrons.
Lose
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Nonmetals tend to ____ electrons
Gain
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If an atom loses an electron it becomes a cation with a ____ charge
Positive
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Contains gases like N2, O2, CO2, and Ar
Atmosphere
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Contains H2O and dissolves minerals
Hydrosphere
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Contains petroleum and metal bearing ores
Lithosphere
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The resources of the earth are ____ uniformly distributed
Are not
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A ____ active metal will replace a ____ active metal in a compound
More | Less
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The more active metals are the ____ it is to separate from an ionic compound than the less active metals are
Harder
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Water consumed in the preparation, production, or delivery of goods and services
Indirect water use
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____ refers to any chemical change where a reactant gains one or more electrons
Oxidation
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____ refers to any chemical change where a reactant loses one or more electrons
Reduction
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Using an electric current to supply electrons to metal ions, thus reducing them
Electrometallurgy
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Treating metals and their ores with heat. Carbon or carbon monoxide are used as reducing agents
Pyrometallurgy
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Treating ores and other metals containing materials with reactants in a water solution
Hydrometallurgy
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In a chemical reaction, matter is neither created nor _____
Destroyed
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The term _____ represents a number of atoms or molecules large enough to be weighed in grams
Mole
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____ resources are those that can eventually be replenished by natural processes
Renewable
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We are in danger of exhausting our supplies of copper because copper atoms are being ___ in the environment
Scattered
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An ____ refer to different forms of an element that each have distinctly different chemical or physical properties, for example, graphite, diamonds, and fullerenes
Allotrope
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An ____ refers to a solid combination of atoms of two or more metals. An example is brass, which is made from ____ and _____
Alloy Copper Zinc
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Superconductivity is the ability of a substance to conduct and electric current without any electrical ______
Resistance
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Electroplating is a result of a ____ reaction when a coating of metal atoms is deposited by the reducing meat ions form an electroplating solution
Redox
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Crude oil is a ____ of many molecules of different sizes. Separating it into compounds of similar sizes is accomplished through the process of ____. This works because molecules of different sizes have different _____ points.
Mixture Fractional distillation Boiling
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Name the two major roles of petroleum
Building | Burning
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Valence electrons are electrons in the _____ zone
Outermost
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Kernel or core electrons are in the _____ zones
Inner
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Covalent bonds form as a result of atoms _____ pairs of electrons to form outer zone octets
Sharing
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Ionic bonds form between atoms when the ____ of electrons has occurred
Transfer
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When an atom has ____ electrons in its outer zone it is stable and unreactive
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____ gases are stable because they have complete outer zones of electrons
Noble
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Isomers are molecules that have identical molecular ____ but different arrangements of atoms
Formulas
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As the number side chains of an isomer increases, the boiling point ____
Decreases
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As the number of carbon atoms in a hydrocarbon molecule increases the boiling point ____
Increases
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Name the two most abundant gases in the troposphere
Nitrogen and oxygen
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As altitude increase air pressure ____
Decreases
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As altitude increases, temperature ______
Does not follow a predictable pattern
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What is the formula that determine pressure
Force / area
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As force increases, the resulting pressure _____
Increases
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As area increases, the resulting pressure ___
Decreases
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Gas ____ is caused by gas molecules colliding with the wall of the container they are in
Pressure
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As pressure increases, the volume of gas inside a container like a syringe ____ proportionally
Decreases
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If you double the kelvin temperature of s has sample, the volume ____
Doubles