Midterm Flashcards
(34 cards)
Physical change
A change in which the basic identity of the substance does not change Examples: • cutting wire • compressing a gas • distillation • dissolving sugar in water
Chemical change
When there is a change in the identities of the substances and new substances with different identities are formed Example: • rusting of iron • combustion of wood • ripening of a tomato • apple slices turning brown • decomposing of H2O2 into H2O and O2
Solution
There is no Tyndall Effect in solution. Light passes through solution, but the particles do not reflect light.
Suspension
A suspension can be filtered. Light does not filter through.
Colloid
While a suspension will separate out a colloid will not. Colloids can be distinguished from solutions using the Tyndall effect. Light passes through.
Element
One type of atom
Compound
Two or more different atoms bonded together
Mixture
Two or more compounds or elements mixed together
Allotropes
Two or more different molecular forms of the same element in the same physical state
Alloys
Mixtures composed of two or more elements at least of one which is metal
Homogeneous mixture
A mixture where the components that make up the mixture are uniformly distributed throughout the mixture.p
Heterogeneous mixture
A mixture where the components of the mixture are not uniform or have localized regions with different properties
Dalton
Said all matter is made of tiny indivisible particles called atoms, atoms of the same elements are identical, those of different atoms are different, atoms of different elements combine in whole number rations to form compounds, chemical reactions involve the rearrangement of atoms
Democritus
Originated the idea that all things were made of small pieces
Cathode ray tube
Tube used to pass electricity through a gas that is contained at a very low pressure
J.J. Thomson
Theorized that an atom was like a bunch of positive stuff, with the electrons stuck in it (plum pudding model)
Bohr
Said electrons exist only in orbits with specific amounts of energy he called energy levels
Mass number
Number of protons in the nucleus of an atom
Emission spectrum
Each element has a unique bright-line emission of light energy that is emitted by excited atoms as they return to ground state
Photon
Quantum of energy required to move an electron from one energy level to another
Rutherford
Formed a new model of the atom after he fired alpha particles at a thin sheet of gold foil and observed that few particles were deflected so be concluded that an atom is mostly empty space with a small, sense, positive nucleus
Isotope
Atoms of an element that are chemically alike but differ in mass
Moseley
Organized the element by increasing atomic number, currently arranged this way
Actinide series
Second series of inner transition elements have atomic numbers ranging from 90 Th to 103 Lr