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Chemistry Midterm
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Chemistry
10th Grade
01/07/2010

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Matter
Definition
anything that has mass and occupies space
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Chemistry
Definition
the study of the composition of matter and the changes that matter undergoes
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the five traditional areas of study
Definition
organic
inorganic
biochemistry
analytical
physical
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Organic Chemistry
Definition
the study of all chemicals containing carbon
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Inorganic Chemistry
Definition
the study of chemicals that in general do not contain carbon
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Biochemistry
Definition
the study of processes that take place in organisms
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Analytical Chemistry
Definition
the area of study that focuses on the composition of matter
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Physical Chemistry
Definition
the area that deals with the mechanism, rate, and the energy transfer that occurs when matter undergoes a change
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Pure Chemistry
Definition
the pursuit of chemical knowledge for its own sake
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Applied Chemistry
Definition
research that is directed toward a practical goal or application
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Technology
Definition
the means by which a society provides its members with those things needed and desired
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Macroscopic world
Definition
the world of objects that ore large enough to see with the unaided eye
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Microscopic world
Definition
the world of objects that can only bee seen under magnification
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Biotechnology
Definition
applies science to the production of biological products or processes
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Pollutant
Definition
a material found in the air water or soil that is harmful to humans or other organisms
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Lavoisier
Definition
French scientist who helped transform chemistry from a science of observation to a science of measurement
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Scientific method
Definition
logical systematic approach to the solution of a scientific problem
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steps in the scientific method
Definition
making observations
testing hypotheses
developing theories
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Observation
Definition
when you use your senses to obtain information
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Hypothesis
Definition
a proposed explanation for an observation
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Experiment
Definition
a procedure that is used to test a hypothesis
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Manipulated Variable
Definition
the variable that is changed during the experiment
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Responding Variable
Definition
the variable that is observed during the experiment
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Theory
Definition
a well-tested explanation for a broad set of observations
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Scientific Law
Definition
a concise statement that summarizes the results of many observations and experiments
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Steps for solving a numeric word problem
Definition
analyze
calculate
evaluate
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Volume
Definition
measure of the amount of space occupied by an object
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Extensive Property
Definition
a property that depends on the amount of matter in sample
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Intensive Property
Definition
a property that depends on the type of matter in a sample
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Substance
Definition
matter that has a uniform a definite composition
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Physical Property
Definition
a quality or condition of a substance that can be observed or measured without changing the substance's composition
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Solid
Definition
a form of matter that has a definite shape and volume
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Liquid
Definition
a form of matter that has an indefinite shape, flows, yet has a fixed volume
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Gas
Definition
a form of matter that takes both the shape and volume of its container
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Vapor
Definition
describes the gaseous state of a substance that is generally a solid or liquid at room temperature
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Mixture
Definition
a physical blend of two or more components
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Heterogeneous mixture
Definition
a mixture in which the composition is not uniform throughout
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Homogeneous mixture
Definition
a mixture in which the composition is uniform throughout
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Solution
Definition
another name for a homogeneous mixture
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Phase
Definition
used to describe any part of a sample with uniform composition and properties
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Filtration
Definition
the process that separates a solid from the liquid in a heterogeneous mixture
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Distillation
Definition
one way to separate water form the other components in tap water
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Element
Definition
the simplest form of matter that has a unique set of properties
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Compound
Definition
substance that contains two or more elements chemically combined in a fixed proportion
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Chemical Change
Definition
a change that produces matter with a different composition than the original matter
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Chemical Symbol
Definition
one or two letter
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Chemical Property
Definition
the ability of a substance to undergo a specific chemical change
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Chemical Reaction
Definition
one or more substance change into one or more new substances
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Reactant
Definition
a substance present at the start of the reaction
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Product
Definition
a substance produced in the reaction
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Precipitate
Definition
a solid that forms and settles out of a liquid mixture
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Law of conservation of mass
Definition
states that in any physical change or chemical reaction, mass is conserved. Mass is neither created nor destroyed
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Measurement
Definition
a quantity that has both an number and a unit
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Scientific notation
Definition
a given number is written as the product of two numbers: a coefficient and 10 raised to a power
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Accuracy
Definition
the measure of how close a measurement comes to the actual or true value of what is measured
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Precision
Definition
the measure of how close a series of measurements are to one another
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Accepted value
Definition
the correct value based on reliable references
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Experimental value
Definition
the value measured in the lab
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Error
Definition
the difference between the experimental value and the accepted value
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Percent error
Definition
absolute value of the error divided by the accepted value, multiplied by 100
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Significant figures
Definition
include all the digits that are known, plus the a last digit that is estimated
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International System of Units
Definition
a revised version of the metric system
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the 5 SI base units
Definition
meter, kilogram, kelvin, second, mole
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Meter
Definition
(m) basic unit of length
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Liter
Definition
a more convenient unit of volume, the volume of a cube that is 10 cm along each edge
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Kilogram
Definition
the basic SI unit of mass,
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Weight
Definition
a force that measures the pull on a given mass by gravity
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Temperature
Definition
a measure of how hot or cold an object is
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Celsius scale
Definition
sets the freezing point of water at 0 degrees and the boiling point at 100
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Absolute zero
Definition
0 kelvin, or -273 degrees Celcius
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Converting between Kelvin and Celsius
Definition
K=C+273
C=K-273
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Energy
Definition
the capacity to do work or produce heat
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Joule
Definition
the SI unit of energy
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Calorie
Definition
the quantity of heat that raises the temperature of one gram of pure water by one degree Celsius
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Conversion factor
Definition
a ratio of equivalent measurements
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Dimensional Analysis
Definition
a way to analyze and solve problems using the units, or dimensions, of the measurements
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Density
Definition
the ratio of the mass of an object to its volume
Density= mass/volume
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Atom
Definition
the smallest particle of an element that retains its identity in a chemical reaction
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Dalton's Atomic Theory
Definition
1. all elements of tiny indivisible particles called atoms
2. atoms of the same element are identical. the atoms of any one element are different from those of any other element
3. atoms of different elements can physically mix together or can chemically combine in simple whole-number ratios to form compounds.
4. chemical reactions occur when atoms are separated, joined, or rearranged. atoms of one element, however, are never changed into atoms of another element as a a result of a chemical reaction
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Electrons
Definition
negatively charged subatomic particles, located outside the nucleus
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Cathode Ray
Definition
glowing beam of negatively charged electrodes that J.J. Thomson used in his experiment
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Protons
Definition
positively charged subatomic particles, relative mass of 1, located in the nucleus
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Neutron
Definition
subatomic particles with no charge, relative mass of 1 (nearly equal to that of a proton), located in the nucleus
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Nucleus
Definition
the tiny central core of the atom composed of protons and neutrons
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Atomic Number
Definition
the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom
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Mass Number
Definition
the total number of protons and neutrons in an atom
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Atomic Mass Unit
Definition
(amu) defined as one-twelfth the mass of a carbon-12 atom
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Atomic Mass
Definition
the weighted average mass of the atoms in a naturally occurring sample of the element
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Periodic Table
Definition
an arrangement of elements in which the elements are separated into groups based on a set of repeating properties
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Period
Definition
each horizontal row of the periodic table
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Group
Definition
each vertical column of the periodic table
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Energy levels
Definition
the fixed energies an electron can have
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Quantum
Definition
the amount of energy required to move an electron from one energy level to another
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Quantum Mechanical Model
Definition
the modern description of the electrons in an atom, from the mathematical solutions to Schrodinger's equation
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Atomic orbital
Definition
often thought of as a region of space in which there is a high probability of finding an electron
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Electron configurations
Definition
the ways in which electrons are arranged in various orbitals around the nuclei of atoms
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Aufbau principle
Definition
electrons occupy the orbitals of lowest energy first
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Pauli exclusion principle
Definition
an atomic orbital may describe at most two electrons
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Hund's rule
Definition
states that electrons occupy orbitals of the same energy in a way that makes the number of electrons with the same spin direction as large as possible
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Amplitude
Definition
the wave's height from zero to crest
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Wavelength
Definition
the distance between the crests of a wave
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Frequency
Definition
the number of wave cycles to pass a given point per unit of time, usually cycles per second
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Hertz
Definition
the SI unit of cycles per second
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Electromagnetic radiation
Definition
includes radio waves, microwaves, infrared waves, visible light, ultraviolet waves, X-rays, and gamma rays
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Spectrum
Definition
different frequencies of light separated, example is a rainbow
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Atomic emission spectrum
Definition
the frequencies of light emitted by an element separate into discrete lines
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Ground state
Definition
when the electron has its lowest possible energy
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Photons
Definition
light quanta
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Heisenberg uncertainty principle
Definition
states that it is impossible to know exactly both the velocity and the position of a particle at the same time
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Periodic law
Definition
when elements are arranged in order if increasing atomic number, there is a periodic repetition of their physical and chemical properties
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Metals
Definition
are good conductors of heat and electricity, have high luster, solids at room temperature (except for mercury), ductile, and malleable
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Nonmetals
Definition
poor conductors of heat and electricity, tend to be brittle
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Metalloids
Definition
generally has properties that are similar to those of metals and nonmetals, under some conditions it may behave like a metal, under some it may behave like a nonmetal, the behavior often can be controlled by changing the conditions
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Alkali metals
Definition
the group 1A elements
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Alkaline earth metals
Definition
the group 2A elements
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Halogens
Definition
the nonmetals of group 7A
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Noble gases
Definition
the elements in Group 8A, sometimes called the inert gases because they rarely take part in a reaction
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Representative elements
Definition
groups 1A through 7A, display a wide range of physical and chemical properties, their group number equals the number of electrons in the highest occupied energy level
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Transition metal
Definition
the highest occupied s sublevel and a nearby d sublevel contain electrons
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inner transition metals
Definition
the highest occupied s sublevel and a nearby f sublevel generally contain electrons
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