Mid Term 2017 Flashcards
(99 cards)
What is the summary of data and the results from an array of published articles?
Textbook
What is the study of separating, quantifying, and identifying matter?
Analytical Chemistry
What is the creation of based metals into gold?
Transmutation
What is the study of matter and change?
Chemistry
What is the type of chemistry that is concerned with all carbon-containing compounds?
Organic Chemistry
What is the ancient form of chemistry?
Alchemy
What is a variable that is manipulated?
Independent variable
What is the logical progression of thought and actions taken in order to obtain an answer to a scientific question?
The Scientific Method
What is - - if measurements are close to one another then they are???
Precise
What is a variable that is measured?
Dependent variable
What is a logical explanation to a question?
Hypothesis
What is the term for when measurement are close to the accepted value?
Accurate
What is the term for any factors, traits, or conditions that can exist in different amounts or types?
Variables
What is the term for things that are kept the same in an experiment?
Controlled variable
What is the term for the study of how biology functions on a chemical level?
Biochemistry
What is the most basic type of scientific communication?
Lab notebooks
What is an oral presentation of research given by graduate students?
Dissertation
What is a positively charged particle in the nucleus of the atom?
Proton
What is a negatively charged particle orbiting the nucleus?
Electron
What is the term for electrons in the outermost she’ll of an atom?
Valence electron
What states that every atom wants to have 8 electrons in its valence shell?
Octet Rule
What is the term for atoms of the same element with different number of neutrons?
Isotopes
What are the elements that express properties of metals and Nonmetals?
Metalloids
What are the mostly radioactive families at the bottom of the periodic table?
Lanthanides and Actinides