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Chemistry Ch1: Chemistry and Measurement

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Chemistry is defined as the science of...   The composition, structure, and changes undergone by materials  
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Any kind of matter, whether a solid, liquid, gas, mixture, pure substance, etc, is referred to as...   material  
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The observation of natural phenomena must be controlled so that these two things are possible...   1) results can be duplicated 2) rational conclusions can be made  
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This explanation of a regularity in nature is tentative   Hypothesis  
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This explanation of a regularity in nature is concise and mathematical   Law  
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This explanation of a regularity in nature has been tested   theory  
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Is the scientific method a general process or a specific program?   General process  
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This value refers to the quantity of matter in a material   mass  
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all materials are made up of this.   Matter  
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Lavoisier's law of conservation of mass states that during a chemical change...   the total mass remains constant. ie, mass cannot be created or destroyed.  
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What is the difference between mass and weight?   Weight includes the force of gravity and therefore changes based on the amount of gravity applied. Mass is the same wherever the object is measured.  
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What are the two different principal ways to classify matter?   By physical state (solid/liquid/gas) or by chemical constitution (element/compound/mixture)  
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Rigidity is the main identifying characteristic of what phase(s) of matter?   Solids  
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Which phas(es) of matter can be described as fluid?   Liquids and gasses  
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Compressibility and expansibility are the main identifying characteristics of what phase(s) of matter?   Liquids  
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Phase(s) of matter that is relatively incompressible with fixed shape and volume   Solid  
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Phase(s) of matter that is relatively incompressible with fixed volume but no fixed shape   Liquid  
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Phase(s) of matter that is relatively compressible without fixed size or shape   Gas  
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matter that normally exists as a liquid or a solid but is in gaseous state is often called...   vapor  
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What are the three common states of matter?   Solid, Liquid, Gas  
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When a material changes form but not chemical identity, this is what kind of change?   Physical change  
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When a material has a transformation from one kind of matter into one or more new kinds of matter, this change is a...   Chemical change  
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Chemical or Physical change: Dissolving salt into water   Physical change  
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Chemical or Physical change: Iron rusting   Chemical change  
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Chemical or Physical change: Burning toast   Chemical change  
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Chemical or Physical change: melting ice   Physical change  
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Chemical or Physical change: distillation   Physical change  
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A characteristic that can be observed without changing the material's chemical identity is what kind of property?   Physical property  
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A characteristic that can only be observed by chemically changing a material is what kind of property?   Chemical property  
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Chemical or Physical property: ability to react with oxygen   Chemical property  
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Chemical or Physical property: melting point   Physical property  
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Chemical or Physical property: density   Physical property  
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Chemical or Physical property: color   Physical property  
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Matter that cannot be separated by physical processes   substance  
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Matter that can be separated by physical processes   mixture  
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Pure substances that can't be decomposed by any chemical reaction into simpler substances   element  
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Substances composed of two or more chemically combined elements   Compound  
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This law states that a pure compound (like pure water) always contains definite, or constant, proportions of the elements by mass (one gram of water will always have .889g O and .112g H)   Law of definite proportions  
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You can separate a mixture by what processes   physical, such as distillation  
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a type of mixture that is uniform throughout a given sample, like sugar water   homogenous or solution  
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a type of mixture that consists of physically distinct parts with different properties, like sugar and salt   heterogenous  
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What type of mixture is air, homogenous or heterogenous   homogenous. Although any two samples of air may have different proportions, among one given sample it will be uniform  
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This term can refer to the different compounds in a heterogenous mixture, or to the same compounds in different states like ice in water.   phase  
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What are the two types of substances?   elements and compounds  
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What are the two types of mixtures?   Homogenous and Heterogenous  
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What are the two types of material?   substances and mixtures  
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Still confused on the terminology? Click on the target below for a visual that may help. Right-click it and choose "open in new tab" so you don't lose your place in the cards.   Seriously. Check out the target. Click "start test" on the left side of the screen if you think you got this.  
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A fixed standard accompanies any measurement. What is this fixed standard called.   unit  
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The closeness of a set of values you get from measuring the same thing is called...   precision  
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The closeness of a single measurement to its true value is called...   accuracy  
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If you measure a table 5 times and get the lengths 1.4m, 1.42m, 1.4m, 1.38m, 1.39m, but the table is actually 1.25m, then are your measurements precise or accurate?   They are precise because they are all similar to eachother  
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A shooter has his weapon zeroed but a loose shot groop. Will his shots be accurate or precise?   They should be accurate, because they're generally close to the right spot. They won't be precise, because they're not close to eachother.  
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An expert shooter fires 9 rounds with a weapon that hasn't been zeroed. Will his target show accuracy or precision?   They're precise because they're close to eachother. They're not accurate because they're not near the target.  
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This type of number gives digits in a measured number that include certain digits, plus one digit with some uncertainty   Significant Figures  
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This type of number gives a value as the product of a number between 1 and 10, and ten to some exponential value   Scientific Notation  
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This type of number arises when you count items or define a unit.   Exact number  
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This type of number is considered to have infinite significant numbers as "0" to the right of the terminal integer value   Exact number. ie, 12 eggs = 12.0 or 12.000 eggs, and shouldn't limit digits in calculations  
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This type of number is an expression of a value that contains only the significant digits in a calculation, with the last digit adjusted.   Rounded  
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If the right-most digit to be eliminated is between 0 and 4, how do you round?   down  
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If the right-most digit to be eliminated is between 5 and 9, how do you round?   up  
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At what point in a multi-step calculation should you round?   The very end  
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How many significan figures: 0.00682   3. Leading zeros are not significant  
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How many significan figures: 1.072   4. embedded zeros are not significant  
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How many significan figures: 300   1. Trailing zeros are not significant UNLESS there is a decimal point OR they are exact  
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How many significan figures: 420.   3. Trailing zeros are significant when there is a decimal point  
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How many significan figures: 420.0   4. Trailing zeros are significant when there is a decimal point. This means 420 is certain, the final 0 is the digit with some uncertainty  
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15.26 + 2.389 = 17.629 Give this answer rounded to the correct significant figure   17.63 Adding and subtracting rule: round to the least number of decimal places. 15.26 had 2 decimal places, so the answer should be rounded to 2 decimal places.  
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152.040 - 20.179 = 131.861 Give this answer rounded to the correct significant figure   131.86 The least number of decimal places is 2, because the terminal zero in 152.040 is not significant.  
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2700 x 1.3 = 3510 Give this answer rounded to the correct significant figure   3500 Multiplying and dividing rule: round to the least number of significant figures. Both products in this question only had 2 significant figures.  
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2 / 9 = 0.22222222.... Give this answer rounded to the correct significant figure   0.2 Both products in the question had only one significant figure. In this answer, only the 2 is a significant figure.  
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0.4 * 2.4 = 0.96 Give this answer rounded to the correct significant figure   1 the first product (0.4) has only one significant figure.  
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Measurable values that might change in an experiment and must be controlled to duplicate an experiment   Variables  
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What kind of reasoning begins with observation that leads to a hypothesis?   Inductive.  
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What kind of reasoning uses a specific example to create a general statement?   Inductive  
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What kind of reasoning that starts with a general rule or set of rules and yields specific results?   Deductive  
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What kind of reasoning uses general ideas to create a specific statement?   Deductive  
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If I fish in a lake and pull out only trout, I might therefore believe there is only trout in the lake. What kind of reasoning?   Inductive. Based on what I see, I think EVERYTHING is that way.  
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I know there is only trout in a lake. Therefore, if I catch fish from the lake, I can be sure it's trout. What kind of reasoning?   Deductive. Based on a broad/general statement, a specific conclusion is met.  
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Chemical or physical? A change in the form of matter but not in its chemical identity   Physical change  
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Chemical or physical? Dissolving   Physical change  
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Chemical or physical? Burning   Chemical change  
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Chemical or physical? A change in which one or more kinds of matter are transformed into a new kind of matter or several new kinds of matter   Chemical change  
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Chemical or physical? A characteristic that can be observed for a material without changing its chemical identity   Physical property  
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Chemical or physical? Ability to react with chlorine   Chemical property  
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Chemical or physical? Location of electrons in valence shell as it relates to that atom’s ability to bind with another atom   Chemical property  
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Chemical or physical? Oxidation   Chemical property (loss of electron)  
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Chemical or physical? Solubility   Physical property  
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This term refers to a particular choice set of metric units   SI, or International System of units  
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What are the SI base units for length, mass, time, and temperature?   Length=meter(m), Mass=kilogram(kg), Time=second(s), Temp=kelvin(K)  
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How do you turn Celsius into kelvins?   C + 273.15 = K  
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How do you turn Farenheit into Celsius?   (F-32)(5/9) = C  
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What is the metric unit conversion for one Liter? mililiter?   1L = 1 dm(^3) 1mL = 1 cm(^3)  
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What is density?   mass per unit volume, m/V  
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In a conversion factor, what is the relationship between the numerator and the denominator?   They are equal to one another but have different units  
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