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01/09/2013

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What is matter?
Definition
anything that has mass and takes up space
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What isn't matter?
Definition
light and heat do not take up space and they have no mass
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Who was a Greek philosopher who thought the universe was made of empty space and tiny bits of stuff?
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Democritus
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Democritus believed that the bits of stuff were so small they could no longer do what?
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be divided into small pieces
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What are tiny pieces of matter called?
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atoms
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Who was the French Chemist that came up with the Law of Conservation of Matter?
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Lavoiser
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What does the Law of conservation of Matter?
Definition
states that matter is not created or destroyed- it only changes form.
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Who believed that matter was made of atoms that were too small to be seen by the human eye?
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Dalton
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Dalton studied the experiments of wLavoisier and others and developed what?
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a model to help explain their work
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What did Dalton's model become known as?
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the Atomic Theory of Matter
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What are invisible, negatively charged particles?
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electrons
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Who conducted experiments using a cathode ray tube, which is a glass tube sealed at both ends out of which most of the air has been pumped?
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JJ Tomson
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What is matter that has an equal amount of positive and negative charge?
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neutral
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How did Tomson picture the atom?
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as a ball of positive charge with electrons embedded in it
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What did Rutherford call the positively charged, central part of the atom?
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the nucleus
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What did Rugherford name the positively charged particles in the nucleus?
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protons
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Who said that particles from the nucleus had no change?
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Chadwick
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What did Chadwick call unchanged particles?
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neutrons
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Who found evidence that electrons in atoms are arranged according to energy levels?
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Niels Bohr
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The lowest energy level is located where in relationship to the nucleus?
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closest and can hold only 2 electrons
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What is a special cloud of varying density surrounding the nucleus?
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electron cloud
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What is matter made of only one kind of atom?
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element
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How many elements are known and how many of them occur naturally?
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115, 90
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Chemist have created a chart of the elements to help them organize and display the elements which is called what?
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periodic table
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How are the elements organized on the peridic table?
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by their properties
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What are the rows in the table called?
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periods
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What are the columns in the periodic table called?
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groups
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Althought the number of protons changes from element to element, every atom of the same element has what?
Definition
the same number of protons
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What can vary even for one element?
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number of neutrons
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What are isotopes?
Definition
atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons
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What is an atom's mass number?
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the number of protons plus the number neutrons it contains
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What is the weighted average mass of the isotopes of the isotopes of an element and the number found below the element symbol?
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atomic mass
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What is the unit that scientists use for atomic mass?
Definition
the atomic mass unit (u)
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What are the three general categories of elements?
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metals, metalloids, and nonmetals
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What are metals?
Definition
generallly have a shiny or metallic luster and are good conductors of heat and electricity
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All metals are malleable. What does malleable mean?
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they can be bent and pounded into various shapes
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Metals are also ductile. What does ductile mean?
Definition
they can be bent and pounded into various shapes
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Most elements are what?
Definition
metals
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What normally looks dull?
Definition
nonmetals
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What are poor conductors of heat and energy?
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nonmetal
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What is solid at room temperature?
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metalloids
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What is matter that has the same composition and properties throughout is called what?
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substance
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Elements, such as a bar of gold or a sheet of aluminum, are what?
Definition
substances
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What is a substance whose smallest unit is made up of atoms of more than one element bonded together?
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compound
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H2O is the chemical formula for what?
Definition
water
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What is the formula for hydrogen peroxide?
Definition
H2O2
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What is the formula for carbon dioxide?
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CO2
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No matter what quantity of the compound you have, what always remains the same?
Definition
formula of the compound
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What happens when two or more substances come together but don't combine?
Definition
mixture
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How can you sometimes separate a mixture of solids?
Definition
but using a liquid
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What does homegeneous mean?
Definition
the same throughout
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What has larger parts that are different from eachother?
Definition
hetrogeneous
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