Chemistry Vocab
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| Periodic Table | A chart of the chemical elements, arranged by grouping elements with similar properties.
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| Physical properties | Characteristics of a substance that can be tested and/or observed.
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| Reactants | Substances that may undergo a chemical change in an experiment.
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| Meniscus | The curvature in a liquid noticed inside a graduated cylinder. We use the bottom of it to measure accurately.
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| Chemical change | A reaction that creates a new substance. Evidenced by color change, making heat, gas, or a soild
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| Precipiate | A new solid that is formed from a chemical reaction.
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| Physical Change | When s substance changes size, shape, or phase but is STILL the original substances.
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| Particle | A very small piece of matter, such as an atom.
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| Matter | Anything that contains mass and takes up space.
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| Element | A group of substances that cannot be separated into simpler substances by chemical means.
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| Compound | A pure substances composed of 2 or more elements.
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| Conservation of Mass | Rule that states that in a closed system, even after physical and chemical changes occur, the total amount of the substances you started with equals the total amount of the substances you end with.
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| Dichotomous Key | A tool used to categorize substances by asking questions that have only two choices.
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| Open system | An experimental set-up in which mass or energy can be lost or gained from its surroundings enviroment.
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| Solid | The phase of matter that has a definite shape and volume.
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| Closed system | When reactions take place without the influence of outside factors. Nothing is lost or gained.
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| Liquid | The phase of matter where the atoms take the shape of its container.
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| Acid | A substances with a pH less than 7, has a sour taste and keeps or turns litmus paper pink.
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| Gas | The phase of matter where the atoms fill the shape and volume of its container.
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| Base | A substance with a pH greater than 7, feels slippery, tastes, bitter, and keeps or turns litmus paper blue.
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| Solubillty | Capable of being dissolved or liquefied.
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| Atom | Smallest part of any substance that contains protons, neutrons, and electrons.
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| Melting point | Temperature at which a substance changes from a solid to a liquid. For water it is 0 celsius.
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| Litmus paper | An indicator tool, made of paper, that changes colors in the presence of acid or a base.
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| Boiling point | Temperature at which a substabce changes from a liguid to a gas. For water it is 100 celsius.
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| Neutral | Term used for a substance whose pH is 7, water is an example.
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| Mixture | a combination of materials that can be separated by physical means.
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| pH | a way of expressing how acidic or basic a substance is on a scale or 0-14.
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| Pure Substances | Any single type of matter that cannot be separated by physical means.
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| Blue | This color on litmus paper indicates a base.
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| Freezing point | Temperature at which a substance changes from a liquid to a solid. For water it is 0 Celsius.
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| Red/pink | This color on litmus paper indicates an Acid.
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| Polymer | A long molecule of a chain of smaller, simpler molecules.
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| Exothermic | A chemical reaction which releases heat.
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