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Chemistry review
All you need to know about chemistry for a test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is oxidation? | When a chemical reacts with oxygen e.g. Iron + oxygen = Iron oxide |
| What is combustion? | When something burns using heat fuel and oxygen shown in the combustion triangle |
| What is thermal decomposition? | A chemical reaction that occurs when a compound breaks down due to heat |
| What is a solvent | A substance that the solute dissolves into |
| What is a solute | The thing that dissolves into the solvent |
| What is a solution | The final result of the solute dissolving into the solvent |
| What does saturated mean | The bit of the solute that does not dissolve into the solvent |
| What are 5 properties of a metal | Shiny, good conductors of heat, good conductors of electricity, ductile and malleable |
| What are 5 properties of a non metal | Dull, bad conductors of heat, bad conductors of electricty, Brittle and not ductile |
| What elements travel in pairs | Nitrogen, Hydrogen , fluorine, oxygen, Iodine |
| What are two common compounds | H2O, CO2 |
| what is in the combustion triangle | Heat fuel and oxygen |
| what are the atoms like in a liquid | Touching but can easily flow past each other |
| what are the atoms like in a solid | Tightly compacted so they can not move but only vibrate |
| What are the atoms like in a gas | All over the place and not touching and very spaced out |
| What is liquid to solid called | Freezing |
| What is solid to liquid | melting |
| What is liquid to gas | evaporation |
| What is gas to liquid | Condensation |
| What is solid to gas | sublimation |
| What is gas to solid | sublimation |