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Atoms & Basic Chemistry
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Chemistry
10th Grade
09/09/2010

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Term
Matter
Definition
Anything that has mass and takes up space.
Term
Scientific Method
Definition
A logical series of steps used to solve problems.
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Quantitative Data
Definition
Measurements(Numbers)
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Qualitative Data
Definition
Descriptions (Words)
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SI Unit For LENGTH
Definition
Meter, Measured with RULER
Term
SI Unit for MASS
Definition
Kilogram, Measured with BALANCE
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SI unit for TIME
Definition
Second, Measured with STOPWATCH
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SI unit for Temperature
Definition
Kelvin, Measured with THERMOMETER
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SI unit for amount of substance
Definition
MOLE
Term
Derived Unit
Definition
Combination of base units
ex. density, volume, velocity, area
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Accuracy
Definition
How close measurement is to true value
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Precision
Definition
How close measurements are to each other
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Percent Error
Definition
% error = (|Your Result - Accepted Value| / Accepted Value) x 100
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Using SIG FIGS, what do you round to when ADDING AND SUBTRACTING
Definition
The same number that has the lowest number of decimal places.
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Using SIG FIGS, what do you round to when MULTIPLYING & DIVIDING?
Definition
Round your answer to the same number of digits as the measurement with the lowest SIG FIGS
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Direct Proportion
Definition
Both Variables up or down
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Indirect Proportion
Definition
One number increases while the other decreases or vice versa
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Indirect Proportion
Definition
One number increases while the other decreases or vice versa
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Pure Substance
Definition
Matter has uniform and unchanging composition. EX. Table Salt Watter
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Compound
Definition
Pure substance made of two or more elements chemically bonded. Ex. H20
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Element
Definition
Pure Substance made of only one kind of atom. Ex. Oxygen, Hydrogen
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Homogeneous Mixture
Definition
Mixtures that are uniform throughout
Ex. Koolaid
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Heterogeneous Mixture
Definition
Mixtures that are not uniform throughout.
Ex. Dirt, Pizza
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Extensive Properties
Definition
Physical property that depends on the amount of substance present.
Ex. Mass, Volume, Amt. of Energy
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Intensive Properties
Definition
Physical property that DOES NOT depend on the amount of substance present.
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Physical Property
Definition
A characteristic that can be observed without changing identity.
ex. color, mass, density
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Physical Change
Definition
A change that does not involve a change in identity of substance.
Ex. Crushing, cutting, ANY phase change
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Solid
Definition
Particles are tightly packed, definite shape and volume, particles vibrate in place, LEAST compressible
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Liquid
Definition
Definite volume, indefinite shape, particles flow around each other
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Gas
Definition
Indefinite shape, indefinite volume, particles far apart, particles have random motion,MOST compressible
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Chemical Property
Definition
ABILITY or INABILITY to change into a new substance. Ex. Ability or inability to rust, burn, tarnish
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Chemical Change
Definition
(Chemical Reaction) a change in which the substance is converted into a different substance
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Filtration
Definition
Use barrier to separate
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Distillation
Definition
Two liquids with different boiling points are heated
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Chromatography
Definition
Two substances absorb in material
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Nucleon
Definition
Any particle found in the nucleus
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Proton
Definition
+1 Charge, Mass=1, located in nucleus
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Nucleons
Definition
Any particles found in nucleus
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Atomic number
Definition
Number of protons in nucleus, REPRESENTED BY Z
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Atomic Mass
Definition
Mass of an atom found on period table (UNROUNDED NUMBER!)
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Mass Number
Definition
Number of protons and neutrons in element, REPRESENTED BY A
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How to find neutron
Definition
Neutron= Mass number- atomic number
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Isotope
Definition
Atoms of the same element with different number of neutrons
Ex. C-12, C-14
Term
Ion
Definition
An atom that has lost or gained electrons
Term
Atomic mass is based on:
Definition
Carbon-12
Term
How to find average atomic mass:
Definition
(percent in decimal form) (mass of nuclide) IN AMU
Term
Ground State
Definition
All electrons in the atom are in lowest possible energy level.
Term
Excited State
Definition
Electron has absorbed energy and moves to a higher energy level.
Term
Quantum
Definition
Exact amount of energy needed to move an electron form one energy level to another
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Photon
Definition
Packet of electromagnetic radiation carrying a quantum of energy
Term
Why was Bohr's model INADEQUATE?
Definition
Only worked for HYDROGEN.
Term
Who proposed Quantum Theory?
Definition
Max Planck
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Quantum Theory
Definition
Energy is not emitted continuously but in small packets.
E=hv
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Planck's consant
Definition
6.626 × 10-34 joules/ s
Term
Avogadro's number
Definition
6.022 × 10^23 = ONE MOLE = Number of particles in a gas.
Term
Velocity
Definition
Wave speed.
Term
How fast do all waves travel?
Definition
SPEED OF LIGHT= 3.0x10^8 m/s
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Wavelength
Definition
λ distance between waves (peak to peak)
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Frequency
Definition
ν number of peaks or cycles per second
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Amplitude
Definition
height from peak to baseline
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Longer wavelength =
Definition
low frequency, low energy
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Shorter Wavelength=
Definition
High energy, high frequency
Term
How is frequency related to wavelength?
Definition
Indirect
Term
How is frequency related to energy?
Definition
Direct
Term
How is wavelength related to energy?
Definition
Indirect
Term
DeBroglie's Hypothesis
Definition
If waves can behave like particles then particles can behave like waves
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Heisenberg's uncertainty principle
Definition
It is impossible to know both the position and momentum of an electron at the same time.
Term
Schrodinger's wave equation
Definition
Finds probability of where electron is located around nucleus.
Term
Quantum numbers
Definition
Values that represent the different electron energy states.
Term
Principle Quantum number N
Definition
Represents CLOUD SIZE
Term
Second Quantum Number l
Definition
l=n-1
Represents Sublevels of energy level
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Third quantum number m
Definition
represents orbital within sublevel
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Fourth quantum number
Definition
+/- 1/2
Represents spin of electron
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Pauli's Exclusion Principal
Definition
no two electrons in the same atom can have the same set of 4 quantum numbers
Term
Aufbau Principle
Definition
Electrons occupy lowest energy level available
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Hund's Rule
Definition
Each orbital gets one electron first before getting second
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Balmer
Definition
Visible
Term
Lyman
Definition
UV
Term
Pashen
Definition
Infrared
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