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Unit A definitons
shauna's definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| hydraulic system | system that uses liquid under pressure to move loads |
| hazard symbol | warning symbol on hazardous materials |
| WHMIS | workplace hazardous materials information system |
| fluid | any matter that has no fixed shape, can flow, and takes the shape of its container |
| pneumatic systems | system that uses gas under pressure to move loads |
| pure substances | substance that is only made up of one type of matter |
| mixture | combination of two or more different pure substances |
| mechanical mixture | mixture in which the different particles are easy to see |
| heterogenous mixture | mixture in which the different substances are easy to see |
| solution | homogeneous mixture; mixture of two or more pure substances that look like one substance |
| homogeneous mixture | mixture in which the different substances can not be seen; looks like one substance |
| suspension | cloudy mixture in which peices of one substance are held within another; over time the peices will seperate out |
| colloid | cloudy mixture in which the peices of a substane are too small to seperate out |
| solute | substance that dissolves in a solvent to form a solution |
| solvent | a substance that dissolves a solute to form a solution |
| concentration | the amount of solute dissolved in a specific amount of solvent in a solution |
| unsaturated solution | solution in which more solute can be dissolved at a given amount |
| saturated solution | solution in which no more solute can be dissolved in a given volume of solvent at a given temperature |
| solubilty | the ability to dissolve |
| saturation point | the point at which no more solute can dissolve in the solvent |
| aqueous solution | solution which the solvent is water |
| particle model of matter | model that explains the behaviour of solids, liquids, and gases |