Honors Chemistry - Chapter 1 - Chemistry:
️ The study of the composition, structure, and properties of matter, the processes that matter
undergoes, and the energy changes that accompany these processes. - Organic Chemistry:
️ The study of most carbon-containing compounds. - Inorganic ...
✔️ The study of the composition, structure, and properties of matter, the processes that matter
undergoes, and the energy changes that accompany these processes.
- Organic Chemistry:
✔️ The study of most carbon-containing compounds.
- Inorganic Chemistry:
✔️ The study of non-organic substances, many of which have organic fragments bonded to metals
(organometallics).
- Physical Chemistry:
✔️ The study of the properties and changes of matter and their relation to energy.
- Analytical Chemistry:
✔️ The identification of the components and composition of materials.
- Biochemistry:
✔️ The study of substances and processes occurring in living things.
- Theoretical Chemistry:
✔️ The use of mathematics and computers to understand the principles behind observed chemical
behavior and to design and predict the properties of new compounds.
- Chemical:
✔️ Any substance that has a definite composition.
, - Mass:
✔️ A measure of the amount of matter.
- Matter:
✔️ Anything that has mass and takes up space.
- Atom:
✔️ The smallest unit of an element that maintains the chemical identity of that element.
- Element:
✔️ A pure substance that cannot be broken down into simpler, stable substances and is made of one
type of atom.
- Compound:
✔️ A substance that can be broken down into simple stable substances; each is made from the atoms
of two or more elements that are chemically bonded.
- Extensive Properties:
✔️ Depend on the amount of matter that is present.
- Intensive Properties:
✔️ Do not depend on the amount of matter present.
- Physical Property:
✔️ A characteristic that can be observed or measured without changing the identity of the substance.
- Physical Change:
✔️ A change in a substance that does not involve a change in the identity of the substance.
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