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Chemistry Test 1

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Accuracy   refers to the closeness of measurements to the correct or accepted value  
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Precision   refers to the closeness of a set of measurements of the same quantity made in the same way  
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What is not a chemical?   light, sound, energy  
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Organic   Study of most carbon (C) containing compounds  
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Inorganic   Study of compounds that are not organic  
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Physical   Study of the properties and changes of matter and their relation to energy  
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Analytical   The identification of the compounds and composition of materials  
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Biochemistry   Study of the substances and processes occurring in living things  
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Theoretical   The use of math and computes to understand the principles behind observed chemical behavior and to design and predict the properties of new compounds  
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inference   conclusion based on facts rather then direct observation  
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What is a theory?   A broad generalization that explains a body of facts of phenomena  
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What is chemistry?   the study of matter and its ability to change  
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What is a chemical?   is any substance that has a definite composition  
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Matter   anything that has mass and takes up space  
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Mass   a measure of the amount of matter  
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Volume   the amount if three dimensional space an object occupies  
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Atom   the smallest unit of an element that maintains the properties of that element  
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Element   a pure substance made of only one kind of atom  
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Compound   a substance that is made from the atoms of two or more elements that are chemically bonded  
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Physical property   a characteristic that can be observed or measured with out changing the identity of the substance  
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Physical Change   a change in a substance that does not involve a change in the identity of the substance  
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change of state   is a physical change of a substance from one state to another  
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What are three common states of matter?   solid, liquid, and gas  
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chemical property   relates to a substance’s ability to undergo changes that transform it into different substances  
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reactants   • The substances that reacts in a chemical change  
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products   • The substances that are formed by the chemical  
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mixture   a blend of two or more kinds of matter, each of which retains its own identity and properties  
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Homogenous mixtures   are uniform in composition. They have the same proportion of components throughout  
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Heterogeneous mixtures   are not uniform throughout  
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Independent variable   the one factor that you change during an experiment  
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Dependant variable   the factor that you observe  
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