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Chad Smith's Exam Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |