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what is chemistry?

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chemistry is the study of matter, the properties

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what is matter?

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matter is anything that takes up matter

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what is an atom?

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smallest building block of matter

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what is composition?

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types of atoms that are present in

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what are the different states?

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Gas, Liquid, and Solids

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what is a pure substance?

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matter that has a fixe

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what are intensive properties?

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independent of the amount of the substance present
example: color, temperature

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what are extensive

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dependent of the amount of substance present
example: mass, volume

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what are the states?

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gas, liquid, solid

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what are different types of compositon

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element, compound, mixture

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what are some characteristics of solids

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have a fixed volume and fixed shape

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what are some characteristics of liquids

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have a fixed volume but their shape can change

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what are some characteristics of gases

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do not have fixed volume or shape

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why can gases be compressed

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because the atoms and molecules have a lot of space between them

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what is a diatomic element

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element that comes in pairs

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what are the 7 diatomic elements

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hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine, bromine, iodine

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what is a mixture

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combination of two or more substances

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what is a homogenous mixture

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composition of the mixture is the same throughout
example: milk, sweet tea

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what is a heterogenous mixture?

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composition is not uniform throughout
example: cement, fruit cake

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what are some separation methods

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magnet, decant, filtration, distillation, chromatography

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what is a physical change?

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does not alter the composition or identity of a substance
examples: ice melting or water boiling

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what are chemical reaction?

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one substance transforms into another by rearranging the atoms bonded together

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what is a chemical change?

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alters the composition of the substances
example: rust or fire burning wood

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what are the characteristics of the scientific method

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make observations, form hypothesis, perform experimentation

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what is an observation
descriptions about the characteristics of nature
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what is a hypothesis
tentative explanation of a set of observations
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what is scientific law
describes how nature behaves
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what is a theory?
attempts to explain why a natural phenomenon occurs
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who was democritus and what did he do?
philosopher who said that matter said matter had tiny indivisible particles called atoms
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who were plato and aristotle and what did they say
Philosophers who said that matter is infinitely divisible
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who was robert boyle
- relationship between pressure and air - first chemist - helped create the fields of physics and chemistry
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who was sir issac newton
- laws of motion and gravity - believed atoms made up air
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who was joseph priestly?
discovered oxygen gas - english clergyman and scientist
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who was john dalton
developed the first atomic theory - contains 4 postulates
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what was dalton's atomic theory
1. ) each element is composed of atoms 2. ) all atoms of a given element are identical in mass and other properties, but the atoms of one element are different from the atoms of all other elements 3. ) atoms of an element are not changed into atoms of a different element by chemical reactions 4. ) compounds are formed when atoms of more than one element combine; a compound has the same relative number and kind of atoms
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what is the law of conservation of mass
matter cannot be created or destroyed
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what is the law of conservation of matter
mass cannot be created or destroyed
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who was antoine lavoiser
- father of modern chemistry - discovered role of o2 in combustion
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what is the law of definite proportions
states all samples of a given compound have the same proportions of their constituent elements
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what is the law of multiple proportions
states that elements combine to form compounds in whole number ratios
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what did cathode rays show scientists
cathode rays are deflected by electric or magnetic fields in a way that is consistent with a negative electrical charge
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who was j.j thompson
believed that the cathode ray was composed of tiny particles with an electrical charge - discovered the electron
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what were thompsons results
determined that the amount of deflection was related to the charge and the mass of the particles - measure charge to mass ratio of electron
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what are the behaviors of charge
- 2 charges - opposite charge attract - like charges repel
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who was robert milikan
measured the charge of an electron in 1909 And discovered the charge of an electron
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what is the mass of an electron
9.10 x 10^-28g
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what was the plum pudding model?
early theory of what the atom looks like they said it was a positive sphere with negative electrons inside it developed by jj thompson
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who discovered the three types of radiation
ernest rutherford
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what are the three types of radiation
alpha particles, beta particles and
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explain rutherford's gold foil experiment
rutherford shot alpha particles at a thin sheet of gold foil and observed the pattern of scatter of the particles - some alpha particles were deflected at large angles
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what was rutherford's nuclear theory?
- most of the atoms mass and the positive charge are in the nucleus - most of the volume is empty space where the electrons are dispersed - there are as many electrons outside the nucleus as there are protons within the nucleus
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what are neutrons
subatomic particle without a charge - located inside the nucleus
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who is sir james chadwick
discovered neutrons
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what is the mass of protons and neutrons
1 amu
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what is the mass of electrons
0 amu
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what is used to identify an element
its atomic number
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what makes up the atomic mass
protons and neutrons
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which subatomic particles are equal
the number of protons and the number of electrons
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what are isotopes
atoms of the same element with different masses due to difference in neutrons
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who found isotopes
frederick soddy
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what is an ion
when an atoms loses or gains electrons (transfers electrons)
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what is a cation
ion with positive charge loses electrons
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what is an anion
ion with a negative charge gains electrons

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