What Is Chemistry? Flashcards

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Chemistry

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Is the study of the composition of matter and the changes that matter undergoes

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Organic Chemistry

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Study of all chemicals containing carbon

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Inorganic chemistry

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Study of chemicals that in genral do not contain carbon

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Biochemistry

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Study of processes that take place in organisms

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Analytical chemistry

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The study that focuses on composition of matter

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Matter

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Is anything that has mass and occupies space

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Mass

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Is a measure of matter in an object

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Technology

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Is the means by which a society provides it’s members with those things needed and desired

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Pure chemistry

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Is the pursuit of chemical knowledge for it’s own sake

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Applied chemistry

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Is the = research that is directed toward a practical goal or application

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Volume

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The volume of an object is a measure of the space occupied by the object

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Extensive Property

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Is a property that depends on the amount of matter in a sample

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Intensive property

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Is a property that depends on the type of matter in a sample, not the amount of matter

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Substance

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Matter that has a uniform and definite composition

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Physical property

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Is a quality or condition of a substance that can be observed or measured without changing the substance composition

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