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Terms from chemistry chap 1

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Accuracy   how close a measurement is to the true value of the quantity  
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Chemical Property   to observe this prop. chemical change(ex. burning)must occur  
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Chemistry   the study of matter and the changes it undegoes.  
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Compound   substance made of atoms of 2/more elements united in fixed proportions.  
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Density   mass of an object divided by it's volume (d=m/v)  
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Element   substance that can't be separated into simpler substs by chemical means.  
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Extensive Property   depends on how much matter you considered (mass/volume).  
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Heterogeneous mixture   comp of the mixture is not uniform(sand and iron fillings)  
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Homogeneous mixture   composition of the mixture is uniform thruout(h2o and sugar)  
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Hypothesis   a tentative explanation for a set of observations  
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Intensive property   does not depend on how much matter you have (temp/density)  
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International System of Units   revised metric system  
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SI   International System of Units  
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Kelvin   SI base unit for temperature(0K lowest temp theoretically possible)  
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Law   concise verbal/math stmt of relatshp btwn phenom thats always the same under the same conditions.  
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Liter   the volume occupied by one cubic decimeter (1dm^3) SI unit for volume  
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Macroscopic Property   Props that can be determined directly(length,volume,mass)  
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Mass   the measure of the amount of matter in an object (kg is SI unit for mass)  
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Matter   anything that occupies space and has mass  
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Microscopic Property   on the atomic or molecular side - must be determined by an indirect method.  
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Mixture   combination of 2/more subs in which the subs retain their identities  
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Physical Property   can be measured/observed w/o changing the comp/id of subs.  
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Precision   how closely 2/more measurmnts of the same quant agree with one another  
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Qualitative   general observs about the sys(can't be said as  
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Quantitative   numbers obtained by various measurmnts of system (temp,time)  
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Scientific Method   systemic approach to research  
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Scientific Method steps   define problem,collect data, interpret data, repeat  
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Significant Figures   the meaningful digits in a measured or calculated quantity  
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Substance   form of matter that has definite/constant comp and distinct properties  
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Theory   unifying princp that explains body of facts and/or those laws based on it  
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Volume   measure of how much space an object occupies (SI unit is m^3-cubic meter)  
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Weight   force that gravity exerts on object-changes with changes in gravity  
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