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Chem. finalsss
Chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Chemistry | The study of the composition, structure, and properties of matter, the processes that matter undergoes, and the energy changes that accompany these processes. |
| Chemical | Any substance that has a definite composition. |
| Organic Chemistry | the study of most carbon containing compounds |
| inorganic chemistry | the study of non-organic substances, many of which have organic fragments bonded to metals |
| Physical Chemistry | the study of the properties and changes of matter and their relation to energy |
| Analytical Chemistry | the identification of the components and composition of materials |
| Biochemistry | the study of substances and processes ocuring in living things |
| Theoretical Chemistry | the use of mathematics and computers to understand the principles behind observed chemical behavior and to design and predict the properties of new compounds |
| mass | a measure of the amount of matter |
| matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
| volume | amount of 3D space an object occupies |
| atom | the smallest unit of an element that maintains the chemical identity of that element |
| element | a pure substance that cannot be broken down into simpler, stable substances and is made of one type of atom (ex- carbon) |
| compound | substance that can be broken down into simple stable substances (ex- water) |
| Extensive properties |