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What is matter?
What is matter?
Anything that has mass and takes up space
What is matter composed of?
What is matter composed of?
Atoms and molecules
What are atoms?
What are atoms?
Submicroscopic particles that are the fundamental building blocks of matter
What are molecules?
What are molecules?
What are the states of matter?
What are the states of matter?
What is a solid?
What is a solid?
Solids can be either ___ or ___?
Solids can be either ___ or ___?
What is a crystalline solid?
What is a crystalline solid?
Give an example of a crystalline solid.
Give an example of a crystalline solid.
What is an amorphous solid?
What is an amorphous solid?
Give an example of an amorphous solid.
Give an example of an amorphous solid.
Solids are compressible.
Solids are compressible.
What is a mixture?
What is a mixture?
What is a homogeneous mixture?
What is a homogeneous mixture?
Give an example of a homogeneous mixture.
Give an example of a homogeneous mixture.
What are properties?
What are properties?
What is a physical property?
What is a physical property?
Give an example of a physical property.
Give an example of a physical property.
Is the odor of gasoline a physical or chemical property?
Is the odor of gasoline a physical or chemical property?
Is the boiling point of water a physical or chemical property?
Is the boiling point of water a physical or chemical property?
Is the melting point of ice a physical or chemical property?
Is the melting point of ice a physical or chemical property?
Is the color of a substance a physical or chemical property?
Is the color of a substance a physical or chemical property?
Is the density of a substance a physical or chemical property?
Is the density of a substance a physical or chemical property?
Is the flammability of gasoline a physical or chemical property?
Is the flammability of gasoline a physical or chemical property?
Is the corrosiveness of a substance a physical or chemical property?
Is the corrosiveness of a substance a physical or chemical property?
Is the volatility of a substance a physical or chemical property?
Is the volatility of a substance a physical or chemical property?
What is a pure substance?
What is a pure substance?
Give an example of a pure substance.
Give an example of a pure substance.
What is a physical change?
What is a physical change?
Give an example of a physical change.
Give an example of a physical change.
Is the tendency of copper to turn green when exposed to air a physical or chemical change?
Is the tendency of copper to turn green when exposed to air a physical or chemical change?
Is the tendency of automobile paint to dull over time a physical or chemical change?
Is the tendency of automobile paint to dull over time a physical or chemical change?
Is the tendency of gasoline to evaporate quickly when spilled a physical or chemical change?
Is the tendency of gasoline to evaporate quickly when spilled a physical or chemical change?
Is the low mass (for a given volume) of aluminum relative to other metals a physical or chemical change?
Is the low mass (for a given volume) of aluminum relative to other metals a physical or chemical change?
Is freezing water to make ice cubes a physical or chemical change?
Is freezing water to make ice cubes a physical or chemical change?
Is dry ice evaporating at room temperature a physical or chemical change?
Is dry ice evaporating at room temperature a physical or chemical change?
Is toasting a piece of bread a physical or chemical change?
Is toasting a piece of bread a physical or chemical change?
Is dissolving sugar in hot coffee a physical or chemical change?
Is dissolving sugar in hot coffee a physical or chemical change?
What is the Law of Conservation of Mass?
What is the Law of Conservation of Mass?
What is energy?
What is energy?
All matter possesses energy.
All matter possesses energy.
Energy can be either ______ or ______.
Energy can be either ______ or ______.
What is the equation for total energy?
What is the equation for total energy?
What is kinetic energy?
What is kinetic energy?
What is potential energy?
What is potential energy?
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
What is electrical energy?
What is electrical energy?
What is thermal energy?
What is thermal energy?
What is the SI unit for energy?
What is the SI unit for energy?
What is a secondary unit for energy?
What is a secondary unit for energy?
A calorie is larger than a joule.
A calorie is larger than a joule.
What is the relationship between a Calorie and a calorie?
What is the relationship between a Calorie and a calorie?
Scientific notation consists of two parts. What are they?
Scientific notation consists of two parts. What are they?
What are significant digits?
What are significant digits?
Which of the following statements about significant digits is TRUE?
Which of the following statements about significant digits is TRUE?
When multiplying or dividing measurements with significant figures, what determines the number of significant figures in the result?
When multiplying or dividing measurements with significant figures, what determines the number of significant figures in the result?
When adding or subtracting measurements with significant figures, what determines the number of decimal places in the result?
When adding or subtracting measurements with significant figures, what determines the number of decimal places in the result?
What does SI stand for?
What does SI stand for?
What is the SI unit of length?
What is the SI unit of length?
What is the SI unit of mass?
What is the SI unit of mass?
What is the SI unit of temperature?
What is the SI unit of temperature?
A meterstick is larger than a yardstick.
A meterstick is larger than a yardstick.
Mass changes depending on gravity.
Mass changes depending on gravity.
What is the numerical value of 'kilo'?
What is the numerical value of 'kilo'?
Express 14,000 in scientific notation.
Express 14,000 in scientific notation.
What does SI stand for in French?
What does SI stand for in French?
Write the formula for calculating volume.
Write the formula for calculating volume.
How many milliliters are in 1 liter?
How many milliliters are in 1 liter?
How many centimeters are in 1 inch?
How many centimeters are in 1 inch?
Write the formula to convert inches to centimeters.
Write the formula to convert inches to centimeters.
Write the formula to convert centimeters to inches.
Write the formula to convert centimeters to inches.
Write the formula for density.
Write the formula for density.
What is Avogadro's number?
What is Avogadro's number?
How many inches are in 1 yard?
How many inches are in 1 yard?
How many pounds are in 1 kilogram?
How many pounds are in 1 kilogram?
A piece of metal ore weighs 15.16 g. When a student places it into a graduated cylinder containing water, the liquid level rises from 21.25 mL to 26.47 mL. What is the density of the ore in g/mL?
A piece of metal ore weighs 15.16 g. When a student places it into a graduated cylinder containing water, the liquid level rises from 21.25 mL to 26.47 mL. What is the density of the ore in g/mL?
The speed limit on many U.S. highways is 65 mi/hr. Convert this speed in km/day.
The speed limit on many U.S. highways is 65 mi/hr. Convert this speed in km/day.
Determine the volume of 5.5 gallons in cm3. Tips: 1 gallon = 3.785 L.
Determine the volume of 5.5 gallons in cm3. Tips: 1 gallon = 3.785 L.
Solve the following to the correct number of significant figures: 2.5110 x 21.20 / (44.11 + 1.223)
Solve the following to the correct number of significant figures: 2.5110 x 21.20 / (44.11 + 1.223)
How many significant figures are in 0.00226500 mL?
How many significant figures are in 0.00226500 mL?
The quantity 8.7 x 10^5 g is expressed in standard decimal notation.
The quantity 8.7 x 10^5 g is expressed in standard decimal notation.
Solve the following problem: 5.5 x 10^3 - 7.2 x 10^2
Solve the following problem: 5.5 x 10^3 - 7.2 x 10^2
Which metric prefixes are represented by the following mnemonic: monarch king henry's daughter Barbara drinks chocolate milk until nine pm?
Which metric prefixes are represented by the following mnemonic: monarch king henry's daughter Barbara drinks chocolate milk until nine pm?
What is the SI unit for amount of substance?
What is the SI unit for amount of substance?
Round 0.000045389 to 3 significant figures.
Round 0.000045389 to 3 significant figures.
Round 2.34999999999999995 to 3 significant figures.
Round 2.34999999999999995 to 3 significant figures.
Round 1.548937 x 10^7 to 3 significant figures.
Round 1.548937 x 10^7 to 3 significant figures.
Solve: 2.5110 x 21.20 / (44.11 + 1.223)
Solve: 2.5110 x 21.20 / (44.11 + 1.223)
A gas can holds 2.0 gal of gasoline. What is this quantity in cubic centimeters?
Tip: 1 gal = 3.785L
A gas can holds 2.0 gal of gasoline. What is this quantity in cubic centimeters? Tip: 1 gal = 3.785L
What is chemistry?
What is chemistry?
Who said, "The most important idea in all human knowledge is that all things are made of atoms."?
Who said, "The most important idea in all human knowledge is that all things are made of atoms."?
What are observations in the context of the scientific method?
What are observations in the context of the scientific method?
What is a hypothesis?
What is a hypothesis?
What are scientific laws?
What are scientific laws?
What are scientific theories?
What are scientific theories?
What is an experiment?
What is an experiment?
What does it mean for a good hypothesis to be falsifiable?
What does it mean for a good hypothesis to be falsifiable?
What is quantification?
What is quantification?
Classify the following statement as an observation, a law, or a theory:
When a metal is burned in a closed container, the mass of the container and its contents does not change.
Classify the following statement as an observation, a law, or a theory:
When a metal is burned in a closed container, the mass of the container and its contents does not change.
Classify the following statement as an observation, a law, or a theory:
Matter is made of atoms.
Classify the following statement as an observation, a law, or a theory:
Matter is made of atoms.
Classify the following statement as an observation, a law, or a theory:
Matter is conserved in chemical reactions.
Classify the following statement as an observation, a law, or a theory:
Matter is conserved in chemical reactions.
Classify the following statement as an observation, a law, or a theory:
When wood is burned in a closed container, its mass does not change.
Classify the following statement as an observation, a law, or a theory:
When wood is burned in a closed container, its mass does not change.
What is the formula for calculating the average rate of change?
What is the formula for calculating the average rate of change?
What is a tentative interpretation or explanation of an observation called?
What is a tentative interpretation or explanation of an observation called?
How do scientists test their hypotheses?
How do scientists test their hypotheses?
What leads to the development of scientific laws?
What leads to the development of scientific laws?
What can one or more well-established hypotheses form the basis for?
What can one or more well-established hypotheses form the basis for?
What is a water molecule composed of?
What is a water molecule composed of?
True or False: Chemicals make up everything around you, including your own body.
True or False: Chemicals make up everything around you, including your own body.
What is the following an example of?
When a given sample of gasoline is burned in a closed container, the mass of the container and its contents does not change.
What is the following an example of?
When a given sample of gasoline is burned in a closed container, the mass of the container and its contents does not change.
True or False: If experimental results contradict a hypothesis, the hypothesis must be either revised or discarded.
True or False: If experimental results contradict a hypothesis, the hypothesis must be either revised or discarded.
A sample of wood with a mass of 3.0 grams was burned in an open dish. The ashes weighed 1.2 grams. What happened to the rest of the wood?
A sample of wood with a mass of 3.0 grams was burned in an open dish. The ashes weighed 1.2 grams. What happened to the rest of the wood?
True or False: A scientific law is a statement that summarizes and describes natural phenomena.
True or False: A scientific law is a statement that summarizes and describes natural phenomena.
What is the scientific method?
What is the scientific method?
Who discovered penicillin?
Who discovered penicillin?
What is a characteristic of a good hypothesis?
What is a characteristic of a good hypothesis?
What is the atomic theory?
What is the atomic theory?
Who proposed the atomic theory?
Who proposed the atomic theory?
Which statement most resembles a scientific theory?
When the pressure on a sample of oxygen gas is increased 10%, the volume of the gas decreases by 10%.
The volume of a gas is inversely proportional to its pressure.
A gas is composed of small particles in constant motion.
A gas sample has a mass of 15.8 g and a volume of 10.5 L.
Which statement most resembles a scientific theory?
When the pressure on a sample of oxygen gas is increased 10%, the volume of the gas decreases by 10%.
The volume of a gas is inversely proportional to its pressure.
A gas is composed of small particles in constant motion.
A gas sample has a mass of 15.8 g and a volume of 10.5 L.
Flashcards
What is matter?
What is matter?
Anything that has mass and takes up space.
What is matter composed of?
What is matter composed of?
Atoms and molecules.
What are atoms?
What are atoms?
Submicroscopic particles that are the fundamental building blocks of matter
What are molecules?
What are molecules?
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What are the states of matter?
What are the states of matter?
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What are the characteristics of a solid?
What are the characteristics of a solid?
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What is a crystalline solid?
What is a crystalline solid?
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What is an amorphous solid?
What is an amorphous solid?
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What are the characteristics of a liquid?
What are the characteristics of a liquid?
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What are the characteristics of a gas?
What are the characteristics of a gas?
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Is a solid compressible?
Is a solid compressible?
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Is a liquid compressible?
Is a liquid compressible?
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Is a gas compressible?
Is a gas compressible?
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What is a mixture?
What is a mixture?
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What is a homogenous mixture?
What is a homogenous mixture?
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What is a heterogenous mixture?
What is a heterogenous mixture?
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What are properties?
What are properties?
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What is a physical property?
What is a physical property?
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What is a chemical property?
What is a chemical property?
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What kind of property is the odor of gasoline?
What kind of property is the odor of gasoline?
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What kind of property is the boiling point of water?
What kind of property is the boiling point of water?
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What kind of property is the melting point of ice?
What kind of property is the melting point of ice?
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What kind of property is the color of a substance?
What kind of property is the color of a substance?
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What kind of property is the density of a substance?
What kind of property is the density of a substance?
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What kind of property is the flammability of gasoline?
What kind of property is the flammability of gasoline?
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What kind of property is corrosiveness?
What kind of property is corrosiveness?
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What kind of property is acidity?
What kind of property is acidity?
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What kind of property is toxicity?
What kind of property is toxicity?
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What kind of property is the volatility of gasoline?
What kind of property is the volatility of gasoline?
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Scientific Notation
Scientific Notation
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Significant Digits
Significant Digits
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Multiplying/Dividing with Significant Figures
Multiplying/Dividing with Significant Figures
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Adding/Subtracting with Significant Figures
Adding/Subtracting with Significant Figures
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SI Units
SI Units
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Length SI Unit
Length SI Unit
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Mass SI Unit
Mass SI Unit
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Time SI Unit
Time SI Unit
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Temperature SI Unit
Temperature SI Unit
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Meterstick vs. Yardstick
Meterstick vs. Yardstick
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Mass and Gravity
Mass and Gravity
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Kilo
Kilo
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Hecto
Hecto
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Deca
Deca
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Deci
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Centi
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Milli
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Unit
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14000 in Scientific Notation
14000 in Scientific Notation
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SI
SI
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Volume Formula
Volume Formula
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1 Liter = ___ Milliliters
1 Liter = ___ Milliliters
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1 Inch = ___ cm
1 Inch = ___ cm
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Convert Inches to Centimeters
Convert Inches to Centimeters
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Convert Centimeters to Inches
Convert Centimeters to Inches
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Density Formula
Density Formula
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Density in SI Units
Density in SI Units
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Avogadro's Number
Avogadro's Number
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1 Yard into Inches
1 Yard into Inches
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1 kg = ? lb
1 kg = ? lb
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Matter
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Atom
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Molecule
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Chemistry
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Scientific Law
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Hypothesis
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Scientific Theory
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Experiment
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Falsifiable Hypothesis
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Quantification
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Experiment
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Mathematical Expression of a Law
Mathematical Expression of a Law
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Well-Supported Theory
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Law vs. Theory
Law vs. Theory
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Law of Conservation of Mass
Law of Conservation of Mass
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Atomic Theory
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Mass
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Volume
Volume
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Density
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Pure Substance
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Mixture
Mixture
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Homogeneous Mixture
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Heterogeneous Mixture
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Physical Property
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Chemical Property
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Physical Change
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Chemical Change
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Scientific Method
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Scientific Model
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Reproducible Experiment
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Study Notes
Matter and Its Properties
- Matter is anything that has mass and occupies space.
- Matter is composed of atoms and molecules.
- Atoms are the fundamental building blocks of matter, the smallest unit.
- Molecules are aggregates of two or more atoms in a definite arrangement, held together by chemical bonds.
- Chemistry is the science that seeks to understand what matter and its components (atoms and molecules) do.
- Richard Feynman famously stated: "The most important idea in all human knowledge is that all things are made of atoms."
- Chemicals make up everything around you, including your own body.
Scientific Method
- Observations are measurements or observing some aspect of nature; quantification is a key part.
- A hypothesis is a tentative interpretation or explanation of observations. A good hypothesis is falsifiable, meaning it can be disproven by experimental results
- Laws summarize the results of a large number of observations
- Theories are models that explain and give the underlying causes for observations and laws.
- Experiments are highly controlled observations designed to validate or invalidate a hypothesis. Scientists test hypotheses by experimentation.
- A series of similar observations leads to the development of scientific laws.
- One or more well-established hypotheses may form the basis for a scientific theory.
- The scientific method is the way that scientists learn about the natural world. The scientific method involves observations, laws, hypotheses, theories, and experimentation.
States of Matter (as in previous notes)
- Solids have a definite shape and volume. Solids are not compressible. Solids can be crystalline or amorphous.
- Crystalline solids have long-range order in their atomic arrangement (e.g., salt, diamond).
- Amorphous solids lack long-range order (e.g., glass, rubber, plastic).
- Liquids have a definite volume but take the shape of their container. Liquids are not compressible.
- Gases have neither a definite shape nor a definite volume. Gases are compressible.
Mixtures (as in previous notes)
- Mixtures are combinations of pure substances where components retain their identities.
- Mixtures can be homogeneous (appear as one substance, e.g., salt water) or heterogeneous (different components are distinguishable, e.g., Italian salad dressing).
Properties of Matter (as in previous notes)
- Properties are characteristics that distinguish substances.
- Physical properties describe a substance without changing its composition (e.g., odor, boiling point, melting point, color, density, volatility).
- Chemical properties describe how a substance changes its composition through a chemical change (e.g., flammability, corrosiveness, acidity, toxicity).
Changes in Matter (as in previous notes)
- Physical changes alter a substance's state or appearance without changing its composition (e.g., boiling water).
- Chemical changes alter a substance's composition (e.g., burning wood).
Law of Conservation of Mass (as in previous notes)
- Mass is neither created nor destroyed in a chemical reaction.
Energy (as in previous notes)
- Energy is the capacity to do work.
- Work is the result of a force acting through a distance.
- All matter possesses energy.
- Energy exists as kinetic or potential energy.
- Kinetic energy is energy of motion.
- Potential energy is energy of position or composition.
Law of Conservation of Energy (as in previous notes)
- Energy cannot be created or destroyed.
Examples of Laws and Theories (from the flashcards)
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Observation: When a metal is burned in a closed container, the mass of the container and its contents does not change.
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Law: Matter is conserved in chemical reactions
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Theory: Matter is made of atoms.
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Observation: When wood is burned in a closed container, its mass does not change.
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Another general observation – If experimental results contradict a hypothesis, the hypothesis must be either revised or discarded.
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The remaining mass of wood went into gaseous compounds.
Other Concepts (from the flashcards)
- Water molecule is composed of one oxygen atom bonded to two hydrogen atoms.
- Average rate = change/years
- Mass does not change with gravity.
- 1 meter stick is longer than a standard yardstick.
- 1 litre = 1000 millilitres
- 1 inch = 2.54 cm
- Density = mass/volume (kg/m3 in SI)
- Avogadro's number = 6.022 x 1023
- 1 yard = 3 feet = 36 inches
- 1 kg = 2.205 lb
- Volume = length × width × height
- Conversion factors: inch to cm (in x 2.54cm/1in), cm to inch (1 inch/2.54 cm), gallons to cm3 (1 gal = 3.785L),
- Examples of calculations using significant figures are included (though details are not yet in these new notes).
- John Dalton formulated the atomic theory.
- Scientific Laws: summarized national phenomena.
- Atomic Theory – All matter is composed of atoms.
Additional Concepts (Units, etc.) (carried over)
- Units of Energy (joule, calorie)
- Heat and Temperature (definitions)
- Heat capacity and Specific Heat (definitions)
- Calculating Heat Transfer (formula)
- Converting Units (Celsius, Fahrenheit, Kelvin)
- Scientific Notation
- Significant Figures (rules)
- Multiplying/Dividing Measurements (significant figures)
- Adding/Subtracting Measurements (significant figures)
- SI Units (base units and prefixes)
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