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Chem. finalsss
Chapter 2
Question | Answer |
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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 |