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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is element? | Substance that can't be broken down into simplier chemical substances. |
| What is atom? | Smallest particle of an element that has the characteristics of the that eleement;basic building block of all matter. |
| What is nucleus? | Positively charged center of an atom composed of neutrons and posively charged protons and surrounded by negatively charged electons. |
| What is isotype? | Atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus. |
| What is compound? | Substance composed of atoms of two or more different elements that are chemically continued. |
| What is covalent bond? | Chemical bond formed when two atoms share electrons. |
| What is molecule? | A group of atoms held together by covalent bonds;has no overall charage. |
| whwat is ion? | Atom or group of atoms that gain or lose electrons. |
| What is ionic bond? | Chemical bond formed by the attractive forces between two ions of opposite charge. |
| What is metabolism? | All the chemical reactions that occur within an organism. |
| What is mixture? | Combination of of substnces in which individual components retain their own properties. |
| What is solution? | Mixture in which one or more substances are distributed evenly in another substance(solvent) |
| What is ph? | Measure of how acidic or basic a solution is.Range is 0-14). Solution with below 7 is acidiic, above 7 is basic. |
| What is acid? | An substance that forms hydrogen ions (H+) in water has has a ph below 7. |
| What is base? | Any substance that forms hydroxide ions (OH-) in water and has a ph above 7. |