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CHAPTER 6:MATTER & CHEMISTRY
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6th Grade
11/17/2010

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Chemistry
Definition
_____ is the study of whaat substances are made of, and how one substance can be changed into another.
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Matter
Definition
_____is anything that takes up space and has mass.
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Weight
Definition
_____ is a measure of the pull of gravity on an object.
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true
Definition
true or false - Gravity pulls harde on objects that contain more matter.
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false
Definition
true or false - Weight of an object does not change no matter where you are, earth, moon, mars, etc.
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mass
Definition
The amount of matter that makes up an object is called the object's _____.
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gram
Definition
A metric unit called the _____ is used to measure an object's mass.
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mass
Definition
_____ - amount of matter.
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volume
Definition
_____- the space an object takes up.
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Density
Definition
_____ is the amount of matter in one unit of volume.
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more
Definition
The two boxes demonstrate that if two objects have the same volume bu different densities, the object make of the denser substance weighs (more,less).
Term
1.of the same volume and different weights
2.of the same weight and different volumes.
Definition
The two bricks show us that two objects made of material with different densities can either . . . .
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atoms
Definition
All matter is composed of tiny particles called _____.
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nucleus
Definition
At the center of an atom is the dense core called the _____.
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electrons
Definition
One to over a hundred tiny particles called _____ swarm around the nucleus.
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electron clouds
Definition
The fast moving electrons are commonly described as an _____.
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1.neutrons
2.protons
Definition
What are the two particles that cluster and form the nucleus.
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positive or negative
Definition
An electric charge may be either ______ or ______.
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-attract
-repel
Definition
Oppossite charges _____, and like charges _____.
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-positive
-negative
Definition
Protons are _____.
Electrons are _____.
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neutral
Definition
Anything lacking an electrical charge is said to be _____.
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hydrogen
Definition
The atom that has a single electron whirling about a single proton is the main building block of the substance called _____.
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shell
Definition
Electrons in orbit at roughly the same distance from the nucleus are said to be the same _____.
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atomic number
Definition
The number of protons in an atom are a very important and have been given a special name - _____
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elements
Definition
Substances that are composed of only one type of atom are called _____.
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compounds
Definition
Substances that are composed of more than one type of atom bonded together are _____.
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Dmitri Mendeleev
Definition
The Russian chemist who was the first to attempt to group the elements into families during the 1860s was _____.
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periodic table of the elements
Definition
After gathering all available infor abouth the elements known at the time and then making many attempst to arrange them, he construced what we call the _____.
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three main groups of elements
Definition
The blocks of color in the periodic table indicate the ________________.
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1.metals
2.nonmetals
3.semimetals
Definition
1._____-all elments in blue.
2._____-yellow ones
3._____-pink ones
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semimetals
Definition
_____-these resemble metals in some respects and nonmetals in other respects.
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true
Definition
true or false - Nearly all metals are solids at room temperature.
Term
Mercury
Definition
______ is an exception to the most metals are solid. It is a silvery liquid that moves back and forthe along the thin tube inside some thermometers.
Term
Nickel
1.rechargeable batteries
2.a lining for tanks holding corrosive chemicals
Definition
_____is a very hard metal and is important ingredient in stainless steel and what two other things?
Term
Lead
Definition
_____ is the densest of the everyday metals.
Term
Hydrogen
Definition
_____ is the very first element in the periodic table for the nonmetals.
Term
Hydrogen
Definition
_____ is a colorless and odorless gas at room tempeerature. It is difficult to detect. If in a jar, it would appear absolutely empty.
Term
78% and 21%
Definition
_____ of the atmosphere is nitrogen, and about _____ is oxygen.
Term
Oxygen
1.ingredient of air
2.ingredient of water (H2O)
3.ingredient of most rocks and minerals
Definition
_____is colorless and odorless element like hydrogen. It is the most abundant element because . . .
Term
50%
Definition
Over _____ of our bodies consists of oxygen because we aare largely makd of carbon-hydrogen-oxygen compounds in a watery fluid.
Term
carbon
Definition
In its elemental state, _____has several different forms.
Term
Carbon
Definition
_____is also a basic building block of the somplex compounds found in your body and in all living organisms.
Term
silicon
semimetal
Definition
Because the element _____ has characteristics of both metals and nonmetals, it is considered a _____.
Term
computer chips
Definition
Silicon in pure form is used to make _____, the tiny "brains" of computers and other electronic divices.
Term
halogens
Definition
The seventh column of the periodic table contains the family of elements known as the _____.
Term
fluorine
Definition
The halogen _____ has a variety of uses.
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fluoride
Definition
A form of fluorine known as _____ strengthens tooth enamel and is added to what to prevent tooth decay, particularly in children.
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chlorine
Definition
The most widely used halogen is undoubtedly _____.
Term
Bleaches
1. remove stains
2.disinfectants
Definition
_____containing chlorine compounds sodium hypochloriet, NsOCI, are often used to do what 2 things?
Term
iodine
When heated, it sublimes.
Definition
_____is the first solid you see as you look down the halogen colums in the periodic table. It has a strange property setting it apart from most other solids, what is it?
Term
Sublime
Definition
_____ instead of melting, the crystals turn directly into a gas.
Term
Iodized
Definition
You may have noticed the word _____ on a box of table salt. Keeps iodine in you diet.
Term
noble gases
Definition
All the naturally occurring elements in the last column of the periodic table are gases. They are called _____ because they do not , except under very unusual circumstances, combine with anything else.
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molecule
Definition
A _____ is a tiny group of two or more atoms that are bonded tightly together.
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compounds
Definition
Substance that are composed of more than one type of atom bonded together are called _____.
Term
molecular compounds
Definition
compounds composed of individual molecules are called _____.
Term
ionic compounds
Definition
Because charged atoms are called ions, compounds composed of charged atoms or groups of atoms are called _____.
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ions
Definition
Charged atoms aare called _____.
Term
diamonds
Definition
The hardest of all known substances is the _____.
Term
chemical reaction
Definition
A process in which atoms of elements or compounds are rearranged to form new substances. ex. vinegar and baking soda mixed
Term
combustion
Definition
_____ is the chemical reaction that is burning.
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