Chemistry Challenge

<p>Their properties and behavior</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because it provides a foundation for understanding basic and applied scientific disciplines</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chemistry covers the elements that make up matter, compounds made of atoms, molecules, and ions, their composition, structure, properties, behavior, and the changes they undergo during a reaction with other substances.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chemistry is called the central science because it provides a foundation for understanding both basic and applied scientific disciplines at a fundamental level.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chemistry explains aspects of plant growth (botany), the formation of igneous rocks (geology), how atmospheric ozone is formed and how environmental pollutants are degraded (ecology), the properties of the soil on the moon (cosmochemistry), how medications work (pharmacology), and how to collect DNA.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chemistry studies the nature of chemical bonds in chemical compounds.</p> Signup and view all the answers