Branches of chemistry
Matter and its properties
States of matter
Elements
Units of Measurement
100

This branch of chemistry is focused on compounds containing carbon

What is organic chemistry?

100

A measurement of the amount of matter.

What is mass?

100

A characteristic that can be observed or measured without changing the identity of the substance.

What is a physical property?

100

The vertical columns of the periodic table.

What are groups?

100

This unit is used to measure distance and length. 

What is the meter?

200

This branch of chemistry is focused on compounds that do not contain chemistry. 

What is inorganic chemistry?

200

Something that has mass and takes up space. 

What is matter?
200

Relates to a substance’s ability to undergo changes that transform it into different substances

What is a chemical property?

200

The horizontal rows of the periodic table.

What are periods?

200

This unit is used to measure the amount of matter something has.

What is the gram?

300

This branch of chemistry is focused on identifying the components and compositions of compounds. 

What is analytical chemsistry?

300

The smallest unit of an element that maintains the chemical identity of that element

What is an atom? 

300

A state of matter that has a definite shape and volume. 

What is a solid?

300

An element that is a good electrical conductor and a good heat conductor 

What is a metal?

300

This unit is used to measure temperature.

What is Celsius or Kelvin? 

400

This branch of chemistry is focused on the study of the properties and changes of matter and their relation to energy 

What is physical chemistry? 

400

A pure substance that cannot be broken down into simpler, stable substances and is made of one type of atom.

What is an element? 

400

A state of matter that has a definite volume but not a definite shape.  

What is a liquid?

400

An element that is a poor conductor of electricity and heat.

What is a non-metal?

400

This unit is used to measure the amount of a substance and 1 of these units is equal to 6.02 x 10^23 atoms or molecules of the substance. 

What is the mole?

500

This branch of chemistry is focused on the study of substances and processes occurring in living things

What is biochemistry?

500

A substance that can be broken down into simple stable substances.

What is a compound?

500

A state of matter that doesn't have a definite shape or a definite volume.

What is a gas?

500

An element that has some characteristics of metals and some of non-metals.

What is a metalloid? 

500

This unit is used to measure the intensity of a light source.

What is the candela?

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