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Chemistry SG

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Chemistry   The scientific study of the structure, composition, and properties of matter  
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Matter   Stuff  
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Mass   A measure of the amount of matter in an object  
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Scientific Method   A series of steps followed to solve problems  
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Independent Variable   What you change in an experiment  
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Dependent Variable   What you measure in an experiment  
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Control   Will not get changed; for comparison  
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Sig. Digs.   All the digits you are certain of and the first one you approximate  
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Density   The ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume of the substance (D=M/V)  
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Accuracy   How close you are to the accepted value (hit the mark)  
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Precision   Agreement between measurements made in the same way (about the same way every time)  
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Percent Error   A value that's calculated by solving: (exp. value - acpt. value/acpt. value)100  
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Substance   A sample of matter that has definite chemical and physical properties  
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Element   A substance that can't be separated or broken down into simpler substances by chemical means  
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Compound   Element + element = compound  
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Solution   A homogeneous mixture of two or more substances  
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Heterogeneous   Not the same throughout  
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Homogeneous   Same throughout  
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Extensive Property   A property that depends on the extent or size of a system  
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Intensive Property   A property that doesn't depend on the amount of matter present  
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Chemical Property   How one thing reacts in the presence of something else  
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Physical Property   Depends on that thing  
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Chemical Change   New material, change in one or more physical properties  
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Physical Change   No new material, changed in one or more physical properties  
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Law of Conservation of Mass   Mass can't be created or destroyed; can go from one form to another  
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Law of Conservation of Energy   Energy can't be created or destroyed; can go from one form to the other  
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Law of Conservation of Mass-Energy   The sum of all mass and energy is constant (in nuclear experiments)  
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Period/Series   Elements with the same size; rows on the periodic table  
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Family/Group   Similar properties, reactions, charge; columns on the periodic table  
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Metal   Good conductors of heat and electricity, left of staircase, grey solids at room temperature  
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Nonmetal   Insulators, most are gases, right of staircase  
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Metalloid   Border staircase, not Al; properties of (non)metals  
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Transition Metals   B columns, +2 charge most of the time, Ag +1, Zn +2  
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Alkali Metals   H's column, very reactive, 1A, reactivity goes up as you go down, +1 charge  
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Alkaline Earth Metals   2A, very reactive, +2 charge  
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Pnicogens   5A, most charges +5 or -3, but can be anywhere inbetween  
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Chalcogen   6A, -2 charge  
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Halogens   7A, most reactive non-metals, -1 charge  
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Noble Gases   8A, 0 charge, stable  
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Rare Earth Elements   +2, +3 charge, metals  
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Cation   Positively charged ion  
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Anion   Negatively charged ion  
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Alloy   A mixture of two elements, one of them being a metal  
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Ionic Bond   A chemical bond formed between two ions with opposite charges  
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Oxidation Number   The charge of a certain element  
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Binary Compound   A compound composed of two different elements  
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Ionic Compound   Transfer of electrons between metals and nonmetals  
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Covalent Compound   Nonmetals share electrons  
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Formula Unit   An ionic compound in it's simplest and most reduced terms  
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Molecule   A group of atoms that are held together by chemical forces  
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Oxidation Number   The charge of a certain element  
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Polyatomic Ion   An ion made of two or more atoms  
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Reactant   A substance or molecule that participates in a chemical reaction  
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Product   A substance that forms in a chemical reaction  
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Synthesis   A reaction in which two or more substances combine to form a new compound  
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Decomposition   Comp. -> elem./comp. + elem./comp.  
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Single Displacement   Element + compound = new element + new compound; use activity series  
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Double Displacement   Comp. 1+comp. 2= comp. 3+comp. 4  
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Combustion   02 is a reactant, releases heat, CO2 and H2O are products if organic is a reactant  
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Activity Series   A series of elements that have similar properties  
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Precipitate   A solid that is produced as a result of a chemical reaction in a solution  
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Mole   The standard unit for amount  
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Redox   A chemical change in which one species is oxidized and another is reduced; combination of reduction and oxidation  
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Reducing Agent   Causes something to get reduced  
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Oxidizing Agent   Causes something to get oxidized  
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Oxidation   A chemical change in which electrons are lost; charge goes up  
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Reduction   A chemical change in which electrons are gained; charge goes down  
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Spectator Ions   Ions that cancel out and don't take place within the reaction  
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Molecular Equation   A balanced chemical equation where the compounds haven't been broken down yet  
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Complete Ionic Equation   A chemical equation for a reaction which the solubility rules have been applied  
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Net Ionic Equation   An equation that includes only those compounds reacting; eliminate spectator ions  
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Acid   Ionizes in H2O and forms H+ ions, low in pH (<7)  
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Base   High in pH (>7)  
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Strong Acid   An acid that ionizes completely in a solvent  
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Strong Base   A base that breaks apart completely in a solution  
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Weak Acid   An acid that releases few hydrogen ions in aqueous solution  
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Weak Base   A base that does not ionize fully in an aqueous solution  
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Polyprotic Acid   2 or more H's  
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Stoichiometry   The relationship between the relative quantities of substances taking part in a reaction or forming a compound  
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Solute   The substance that dissolves in the solvent  
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Solvent   The substance in which the solute dissolves  
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Avogadro's Number   6.02x10^23, the number of atoms or molecules in 1 mol  
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Formula Mass   The sum of the masses of all elements in a compound; measured in amu's  
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Molar Mass   The mass in grams of one mol of a substance  
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Average Atomic Mass   The weighted average of the masses of all naturally occurring isotopes of an element  
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Empirical Formula   A chemical formula that shows the composition of a compound in terms of the relative numbers and kinds of atoms in the simplest ratio  
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Molecular Formula   A chemical formula that shows the number and kinds of atoms in a molecule, but not the arrangement of the atoms  
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Structural Formula   A formula that indicates the location of the atoms, groups, or ions relative to one another in a molecule and that indicates the number and location of chemical bonds  
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