Intro to Chemistry
The Study of matter and the way it behaves under different conditions
What is Matter?
The spreading out of particles of a substance from a region of high concentration to a region of low concentration until they are evenly distributed.
What is diffusion?
The theory that explains how matter changes from one state to another
What is Kinetic Theory?
One in which no new substance is formed
What is physical change?
A substance that consists of one kind of atom
What is element?
We put things into groups according to their similarities
What is classify/classification?
I occur faster in gases than in liquids
What is diffusion?
The process where liquid is changed to a solid
What is freezing?
One in which one or more new substances are formed
What is chemical change?
Any composition of 2 or more substances that are NOT chemically combined together
What is mixture?
An element or compound
What is a substance?
When a mixture looks the same throughout
What is homogeneous?
The process where liquid is changed to gas
What is evaporation?
The gaseous form of a substance
What is vapour?
What is colloid?
Matter exists in this amount of states
What is 3?
When matter maintains a specific shape and volume
What is fixed?
When some solids bypass the liquid state
What is sublimation?
Gives the characteristics of the substance, such as shape or odor or texture
What is physical property?
Solvents other than water are called
What is non-aqueous?
States of Matter
What is solid, liquid and gas?
When the shape and volume are easily altered
What is changeable?
An example of when the liquid state is bypassed. Can appear smoky
What is dry ice?
Another word for bubbles forming
What is effervescence?
When a large amount of solute is dissolved into a small amount of solvent
What is concentrated solution?