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Chad Smith's Exam Study Guide
Question | Answer |
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The branch of chemistry that includes the study materials and processes that occurr in living things is | Biochemistry |
The study of substances containing carbon is | Organic Chemistry |
Technology is the | Application of scientific knowledge to solve problems |
A physical property may be investigated by | Melting ice |
Two features that distinguish matter are | Mass and Volume |
The melting of candle wax is classified as a physical change because | it produces no new substances |
The particles in a solid are | packed close together |
Group ___ in the periodic table contains only metals. | 2 |
A horizontial row of blocks in the periodic table are called a(n) | Period |
Which element has properties most similar to those of sodium? A.) Boron B.) Boron C.) Sulfer | B.) Boron |
Qualitative observations are recorded using | Numerical Information |
Quantitative observations are recorded using | Non-Numerical Information |
Standards are chosen because they | Are reproducible in anther lab |
The symbol for the metric unit to measure mass is | G |
The metric unit for the thickness of a dime is | Millimeter |
The Unit M3 measures | Volume |
The SI unit base unit for time is | Second |
How many minutes are in a week? | 10,080 |
To calculate the density of an object | Divide its masss by its volume |
The answer to 314.53km + 32km is expressed as | 347km |
Chemistry is the study of | Matter, mass, and all things that affect it |
Write the following in scientific notatition: 55,000,000 | 5.5 x 10 to the 7th |
An atom of potassium has 19 protons and 20 neutrons. What is its mass number? | 39 |
How many significent digits are in 50.00000s | 7 |
What does 218 represent in polonium-218? | Mass Number |
The half life of an isotope is the time required for half the nuclei in a sample to | Undergo raidoactive decay |
What is an example for an Alpha Particle | 4/2 He |
The total number of an atoms protons and nuetrons is its | Mass Number |
What unit measures radiation damage to human tissue | Rem |
A positively charged particle with mass 1.673 x 10-21g is a | Proton |
For electromagnetic radiation, c equals | Frequency times length |
In Si, the frequencey of electro magnetic radiation is measured in | Frequencey |
One wave property of electromagnetic radiation is | Frequencay |
The distance between two successive peaks on a wave is | Wavelength |
A quantum of electromagnetic energy is called | Photon |
The wave model of light didn't explain | the photoelectric effect |
If electrons in an atom have the lowest possible energies, the atom is in the | Ground State |
The part of the atom where the electrons CANNOT be found is the | Nucleus |
The reigon outside the nucleus where an electron can most likely be found is the | Electron Cloud |
The Main energy levels of an atom are indicated by the | Principal Quantum Number (4th) |
The discovery of noble gases changed Mendeleev's peridoic table bt adding a new | Group |
What are elements in the perodic table with atomic nembers 58-71 called | The Lanthanide elements |
To which group does lithium and potassium belong? | Alkali Metals |
Elements in a group or column in the perodic table are expected to have similar | properties |
Mendeleev attempted to organize the chemical elements based on their | Properties |
In the modern perodic table, elements are ordered according to | increasing atomic number |
Argon, Krypton, and xenon are | Noble Gases |
One half the distance between the nuclei of identical atoms that are bonded together is called | Atomic Radius |
Which group does Flourine and Chlorine belong to ? | Halogens |
Beacaue the first energy level contains only the 1s sublevel, the number of elements in this period is | 2 |