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JB SM & Lab Safety
Scientific Method & Lab Safety
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a Hypothesis? | A Hypothesis is a possible explanation for a set of observation or a possible answer to a scientific question. |
| What is a Genetic Mutation? | It is any change in a cell's DNA. |
| What is Matter? | Anything that has mass and occupies space. |
| What is an Element? | A form of matter that cannot be decomposed into simpler substance by ordinary chemical method. |
| What is a Trace Element? | An Element required in minute qualities by an organism to maintain proper physical functioning. |
| What is an Atom? | Is the fundamental unit of chemical matter. |
| What is a Nucleus? | An Atom's center of mass and center of positive charge. |
| What is a Proton? | Positively charged subatomic particle located in the Nucleus. |
| What is a Neutron? | An uncharged subatomic particle located in the Nucleus. |
| What is an Electron? | A negatively charged subatomic particle located outside the Nucleus. |
| What is an Isotope? | Atoms of the same Element with different numbers of Neutrons in their nuclei. |
| What is an Ion? | A charged species that results from the gain or loss of Electrons from a neutral atom or molecule. |
| What is a Chemical Bond? | An attractive force between two or more atoms or ions that hold them together. |
| What is a Covalent Bond? | A bond whose Electrons are shared between atoms. |
| What is an Ionic Bond? | A Chemical Bond formed by the attraction between positive and negative Ions. |
| What is a Molecule Formula? | An expression indicating the number of each type of atom in one molecule of a substance. |
| What is a Compound? | A substance composed of two or more Elements combined in fixed proportion. |
| What is a Hydrogen Bond? | A weak to moderate attractive force between a Hydrogen atom to Oxygen, Nitrogen, or Fluoride and an Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Fluorine atom to another molecule. |
| Anything that has mass and occupies space is called what? | Matter |
| A form of matter that cannot be decomposed into simpler substance by ordinary chemical method is called what? | An Element |
| What is an Atom's center of mass and center of positive charge? | Nucleus |
| What is a positively charged subatomic particle located in the Nucleus? | A Proton |
| What is an uncharged subatomic particle located in the Nucleus? | Neutron |
| What is a negatively charged subatomic particle located outside the Nucleus? | Electron |