Fundamentals A-D

Question 1

What is matter? What are the properties of the different states of matter?

Answer 1

Anything that has mass?
Solids: retains its own shape
Liquid: fluid that takes the form of its container
Gas: fluid form that is not defined by the shape of its container

Question 2

What are physical properties?
What are physical changes?

Answer 2

Physical properties are characteristics that can be observed without changing the identity of a substance
Physical changes are something that effects the form but not the chemical makeup

Question 3

What are chemical properties?
What are chemical changes?

Answer 3

Chemical properties are a substances ability to change into another substance
Chemical change is a when a substance breaks Chemical bonds and turns into another substance.

Question 4

Define substance

Answer 4

A single pure form of matter. Made of the same atom

Question 5

What is an organic compound vs an inorganic compound

Answer 5

Organic compounds contain only non metals while inorganic compounds are everything else

Question 6

What is a molecular compound

Answer 6

Consists of electrically neutral molecules

Question 7

Anion vs cation

Answer 7

Anions have are negatively charged atom or particle

Cation positively charged ions

Question 8

What is an ionic compound

Answer 8

A combination of anions and cations that have a neutral charge

Question 9

What is a poly atomic ion

Answer 9

Combination of Ions that have a charge