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Question | Answer |
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Basic research is | carried out for the sake of increasing knowledge. |
Applied research is | carried out to solve a problem |
Chemical properties | include changes that alter the identity of a substance. |
Two features that distinguish matter are | mass and volume |
An example of an extensive physical property is | Mass |
Color is an example of what property? | Intensive |
The particles in a solid are | packed closely together |
The state of matter in which a material has a definater shape and definite volume. | Solid state |
The state of matter in which a material has a definite volume but no definite shape | Liquid State |
A physical property may be investigated by | Melting ice |
The SI standard units for length and mass are | meter and kilogram |
The metric unit for lentgh that is closest to the thickness of a dime is the | millimeter |
The symbol for the metric unit used to measure mass is | m |
The unit m3 measures | volume |
The symbol that represents the measured unit for vilume is | mL |
The number of significant figures in the measurement 0.000305 is | 3 |
The # of significant digits in the measured value 0.00320 | 3 |
0.202 has how many significant digits | 3 |
The number of significant digits in the measurement 170.040 is | 6 |
30.00 has how many significant figures? | 4 |
The number of significant digits in 210 | 2 |
The study of chemistry is | The study of |
Gamma rays are | electromagnetic waves |
A nuclear particle that has about the same mass as a proton, but with no electrical charge is called | nuetron |
Sulfur-34 contains | 18 neutrons |
the smallest unit of an element is | atom |
Nickel-60 has | 32 neutrons |
An atom of potassium has 9 protons and 20 nuetrons, what is its mss number? | 39 |
The fores that hold the particles in the nucleus togther are called | nuclear forces |
Experiments with cathode rays led to the discovery of the | electron |
Which particles have the greatest penatrating ability | Gamma Rays |
For electromagnetic radiation c equals | frequency times wavelength |
In SI the frequency of electromagnetic radiation is measured in | hertz |
One of the wave properties of electromagnetic radation such as light is | frequency |
As it travels through space electromagnetic | ehibits wavelike behavior |
the distance between two successful peaks on a wave is called | wavelength |
a quantum of electromagnetic energy s called a | photon |
The wave model of light did not explain | the photoelectric effect |
Max Planck proposed that a hot object radiated energy in small specific amounts called | quanta |
The Emission of electrons from metals that have absorbed photons is called the | photoelectric effect |
Because excited hyf=drogen atoms always produce the same-line emission spectrum scientists concluded that hydrogen | released photons of only certain energies |
Atoms are _____ when they combined | more stable |
When atoms share electrons the electrical attraction of an atom for the electrons is called | electronegativity |
If the atoms that share electrons have unequal attraction for the electrons the bond is called, | polar |
A covalent bond results when ____ is shared | electrons |
A mutual eletrical attraction between the nulcei and valence electrons of different atoms that binda the atoms together is called | a chemical bond |
In many compounds atoms of main group elements form bonds so that teh number of electrons in the outer most energy level is | 8 |
A chemical bond resulting from the electrostatic attraction between + and - ions is called | ionic bond |
The electrons |