What is Chemistry
What is chemistry?
Study of the composition of matter and the changes it undergoes.
What is organic chemistry?
Contains carbon. It is pharmaceuticals and plastics.
What is the first step in the scientific method?
Forming a question
What is the saying to remember the prefixes?
King Henry's daughter usually drinks chocolate milk.
What is pure chemistry?
Greater understanding of the theories behind how the matter is changing.
What is inorganic chemistry?
Matter without carbon. Minerals, metals, nonmetals, and semiconductors.
What is the independent variable?
What you change in the experiment.
What is the order of prefixes from left to right?
Kilo, hecto, deka, deci, centi, milli
What is applied chemistry?
Directed toward a specific goal or application.
What is physical chemistry?
Behavior and changes of matter related to energy change. Reaction rates and reaction mechanisms.
What is the dependent variable?
What changes because of what you did.
What is the equation to find the percent error?
error/accepted value*100
What is macrosopic?
Can be seen, touched, and measured directly.
Components and composition. Ex. food nutrients, and quality control.
What is the control group in an experiment?
Standard for comparison
What is the error?
What is microscopic?
Small particles that make up matter.
What is biochemistry?
Matter and processes of living organisms.
What is the constant in the experiment?
Stays the same in the experiment.
What is mass measured in the SI units?
Kilogram