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What is chemistry?
What is chemistry?
Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter.
What does chemistry cover?
What does chemistry cover?
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.
What does chemistry explain?
What does chemistry explain?
Chemistry explains aspects of plant growth, the formation of igneous rocks, how atmospheric ozone is formed, how environmental pollutants are degraded, the properties of the soil on the moon, how medications work, and how to collect DNA.
Why is chemistry called the central science?
Why is chemistry called the central science?
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What is the nature of chemical bonds in chemical compounds?
What is the nature of chemical bonds in chemical compounds?
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Chemistry is a biological science.
Chemistry is a biological science.
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Chemistry studies the changes that matter undergoes during a reaction.
Chemistry studies the changes that matter undergoes during a reaction.
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Chemistry is a physical science under natural sciences.
Chemistry is a physical science under natural sciences.
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Chemistry does not play a role in pharmacology.
Chemistry does not play a role in pharmacology.
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Chemistry provides a foundation for understanding basic scientific disciplines only.
Chemistry provides a foundation for understanding basic scientific disciplines only.
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