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Pre-AP Phy. Sci.

Mrs. Handford

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What is Chemistry? Study of matter.
What is matter? Is air an example? What about light and sound? Anything that has mass and takes up space. Air is matter. Light and sound are not.
What are atoms? Are they matter? The smallest unit of an element. Yes, atoms are matter.
What is an element? Simplest Substance.
What is a compoud? Two different elements chemically combined.
What is a molecule? Smallest Substnace.
What is a chemcial formula? What are the symbols and numbers used for? The combination of chemical symbols & numbers to represent a substance.
What is a pure substance? Single element/Single compound
What is a mixture? A combination of two or more substances that are not chemically combined.
Why are products we find in the grocery store though labeled "pure" substance not pure by scientific means? Because they have added things like suger in them.
How do you classify mixtures? Heterogenous and Homogeneous
How do you classify mixtures when they are made up of two more liquids? Misable and Immisable
Can gases mix with liquids? Example? Yes, soda.
What do physical properites of matter describe? A characteristic of a substance that does not involve a chemical change, such as density, hardness, or color.
What are some examples of physical properities of matter? Color, Texture
What can physcial properities be used for? How might it be helpful to know them? So we can know how it feels.
What do chemical properities of matter describe? A property of matter that describes a substance's ability to participate in chemical properties.
What are some examples of of chemical properites of matter? Flamability, reacts with...
What can physical properties be used for? How mught it be helpful to know them? Identifying a substance.
What is a physical change? A change of matter from one form to another without a change in chemucal properties.
What are some examples of physical changes matter can undergo? What about dissolving? Melting. Yes.
Can physical changes be undo? Yes.
What is a chemical change? A change that occures when a substance changes composition by forming one or more new substances.
What are some examples of chemical changes matter can undergo? Burning, baking, cooking.
Can chemical changes be undone by physcial means? No.
What are some signs that a chemical change is taking place. Odor, bubbling.
Homogeneous is... The components of the mixture are evenly distributed, and the mixture is the same throughout.
Hetergeneous is... Composed of dissimilar components. The substances are not uniformly mixed and are not evenly distributed.
Miscible is... Describe two or more liquids that can dissolce into each other in various proportions.
Immiscible is... Describe two or more liquids that do not mix with each other.
Example of Miscible is... Gasoline
Example of Imiscible is... Oil/Water
Indicators of Chemical Change... Bubbling, foaming, fizzing, color change, heat given off, sound, odor, percipiate forms, fire.
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