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What are the branches of chemistry?   Organic, Inorganic, Physical, Analytical, Biochemistry, Theoretical  
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What is a chemical?   Any substance that has a definite composition  
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What is chemistry?   The study of the composition, structure, and properties of matter, the processes that matter undergoes, and the energy changes that accompany these processes  
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A horizontal row of blocks in the periodic table is called   Peroid  
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An example of a extensive phtsical property is   Mass  
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The elements that border the zigzag line in the perodic table are   metalloids  
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Chemical properties are   changes that alter the identity of a substance  
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The branch of chemistry concerned with the properties, changes, and relationships between energy and matter is   Physical chemistry  
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Applied research is   carried out to solve a problem  
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Basic research is   carried out for the sake of increasing knowledge  
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Quantitative observations are recorded using   numerical information  
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Qualitative observations are recorded using   non-numerical information  
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A testable statemet used for making predictions and carrying out futher experiments is a   hypothesis  
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Standards are chosen because they   are reproducable in another laboratory  
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The SI standard units for length and mass are   meter and kilogram  
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The symbol for the metric unit used to measure mass is   g  
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The unit m3(superscript 3) measures   Volume  
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The symbol that represents the measured unit for volume is   mL  
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The SI base unit for time is the   second  
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To calculate the density of an object   divide its mass by its volume  
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Gamma rays are begin   electromagnetic waves  
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A neuclear particle that has about the same mass as a proton, but with no electrical charge is called a   Neutron  
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The forces that hold the particals in the neucleus together are called   nuclear forces  
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The discovery of the electron resulted from experiments using   cathode rays  
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Which instrument detect radition by counting electric pulses carried by ionized gas atoms   Geiger-Muller counters  
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What does the 218 in Polonium-218 represent   the mass number  
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which rays have the most penetrating power   Gamma Rays  
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reactions that affect the neucleus of an atom are called   neuclear reactions  
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who was the schoolmaster who studied chemistry and proposed an atomic theory   john dalton  
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isotopes of an element contain different numbers of   neutrons  
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the distance between two successive peaks on a wave is its   wavelength  
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a quantum of electromagnetis energy is called a   photon  
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as it travels through space, electromagnetic radiation   exhibits wavelike behavior  
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one of the wave properties of electromagnetic radition, such as light, is   frequency  
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in SI the frequency of electromagnetic radiation is measured in   hertz  
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how many quantum numbers are needed to describe the energy state of an electron in an atom   4  
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the number of orbitals for the d sublevel is   5  
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for the f sublevel the number of orbitals is   7  
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what is the total number of electrons needed to fill the first 2 main energy levels   10  
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how many electrons can occupy the s orbitals at each energy level   two, if they have opposite spins  
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in the modern perodic table, elements are ordered according to   increasing atomic number  
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the discovery of the Nobel Gases changed Mendeleev's by adding a new   group  
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to which group do fluorine and chlorine belong   halogens  
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Argon, Krypton, and Xenon are   Nobel Gases  
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a positative ion is known as a   cation  
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a negative ion is known as a   anion  
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valence electrons are the electrons in the   in the highest energy level  
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the number of valence electrons in group 17 is   7  
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the number of valence electrons in group 1 elements is   1  
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the number of valence electrons in group 2 elements are   2  
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a covalent bond results when _______ are shared   electrons  
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most chemical bonds are   partly ionic and partly covalent  
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an octet is equal to   8  
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Malleability and ductility are characteristiss of substances with   metalic bonds  
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the electron-sea model of bonding represents   metallic bonding  
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an example of a molecular formula is   NH3  
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the chemical bond formed when 2 atoms share electrons is called   covalent bond  
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the electrons involved in the formation of a chemical bond are called   valence electrons  
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an example of a formula unit is   NaCl  
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a compound that vaporizes readily at room tempature is most likely to be a   molecular compound  
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