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Question | Answer |
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matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
atom | smallest unit of matter |
positive | The nucleus of an atom has a net ______ charge. |
proton | positively charged particles |
neutron | electrically neutral particles, which means they have no charge |
electron | negatively charged particles with almost no mass |
John Dalton | developed modern atomic theory |
atomic theory of atoms | a theory that states that all matter is made of atoms that cannot be divided or destroyed |
Sir Joseph John Thomson | discovered the presence of electrons |
Ernest Rutherford | discovered the nucleus |
Sir James Chadwick | discovered the neutron |
properties | characteristics used to describe an object |
physical properties | the characteristics of a substance that can be observed or measured without changing the substance |
boiling point | temperature at which a liquid boils and turns to gas |
freezing point | the temperature at which a liquid changes to a solid |
magnetism | a property of some materials in which there is a force of repulsion or attraction between certain like and unlike poles |
solubility | the ability of one substance to dissolve in another |
color | the quality of an object or substance with respect to the reflection of light |
size | an object's overall dimensions |
volume | the amount of space something occupies |
density | the amount of matter in a given space |
intensive property | a physical property that remains the same no matter how much of a substance is present |
extensive property | a physical property that depends on the amount of matter in a sample |
chemical properties | the characteristics of a substance that determine how it will react with other substances. |
Reactivity | the property that describes the likelihood of a substance combines chemically with other substances |
toxicity | the degree to which a substance is biologically harmful |
Flammability | a substance's ability to burn in the presence of oxygen |
combustibility | the ability of a substance to burn in air |
physical change | a change of matter from one form to another without a change in chemical properties |
chemical change | a change in matter that produces one or more new substances |
exothermic reaction | a reaction that releases energy in the form of heat |
endothermic reaction | a reaction that absorbs energy in the form of heat |
conservation of mass | the amount of mass at the start of a reaction will equal the amount of mass after the reaction |
reactant | substance that is changed in a physical or chemical reaction |
product | the resulting substance of a physical or chemical reaction |
molecule | a group of atoms bonded together |
solid | matter that has a definite shape and volume |
liquid | free-flowing and assume the shape of the container that holds them |
gas | A state of matter with no definite shape or volume |
compressibility | a measure of how much the volume of matter decreases under pressure |
viscosity | the resistance to flow |
friction | a force that opposes motion between two surfaces that are in contact |
melting | when matter changes from solid to liquid |
freezing | when matter changes from a liquid to solid |
vaporization | when liquid turns to vapor |
condensation | when a vapor turns to liquid |
sublimation | when solids can change directly to vapors |
deposition | when vapors sometimes change directly into solids |
nucleus | the center of an atom, formed by protons and neutrons |
elements | one type of atom |
periodic table | table of all of the elements |
chemical symbol | one or two letters that represent an element |
atomic number | the number of protons an atom contains |
atomic mass | the average mass of a typical atom of that element |
period | a row of elements across the periodic table |
group | a column of elements in the periodic table |
Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev | was a Russian scientist, invented the periodic table in 1869 |
isotopes | atoms of the same element that have a different number of neutrons |
neutral element | element that has the same number of protons and electrons, no charge |
ion | a charged atom |
molecules | two or more atoms combined |
molecular compound | molecules combined with other molecules |
diatomic molecule | a molecule containing only two atoms |
chemical bond | the force that holds two atoms together |
valance electrons | electrons in the outermost energy level |
pure substance | a substance made of only one kind of matter and having definite properties. |
mixture | A combination of two or more substances that are not chemically combined |
heterogeneous mixture | a mixture in which components are not evenly distributed throughout the mixture |
homogeneous mixture | A mixture in which substances are evenly distributed throughout the mixture |
solution | a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances |
solute | the substance that is dissolved into the other substance |
solvent | the substance into which the solute dissolves |
solubility | the ability of a substance to dissolve in another substance |
concentration | the amount of solute contained in a solution |
concentrated solution | a solution containing a large amount of solute |
diluted solution | a solution that contains a small amount of solute |
fluid | Any substance that can flow; liquids and vapors |
pressure | the amount of force exerted per unit area of a surface |
pressure formula | force / area |
proportional | pressure is __________ to both force and area. |
Colloids | mixtures that are halfway between a solution and a suspension |
Suspension | heterogeneous mixtures in which particles do not dissolve and are not evenly distributed |