Chemistry Vocab
A compound made up of only non-metals.
The energy of motion.
What is kinetic energy?
The general word for any living thing.
What is an organism?
The symbol for this compound is CaO
What is calcium oxide?
Making a prediction for your experiment.
What is a hypothesis?
A substance that has a low pH or releases hydrogen ions.
What is an acid?
One example is sound energy.
What is kinetic energy?
The different forms of the same gene. For example brown, blond, black, and red hair.
What is an Allele
A reaction where two reactants combine to make one product.
What is a synthesis reaction?
A variable that you change on purpose.
What is the independent variable?
A metal element that can more than one charge.
What is a multivalent metal?
The process that allows heat to be trapped in the Earth's atmosphere.
What is the greenhouse effect?
A mutation that cannot be passed down to offspring.
What is a mutation in somatic cells?
In the reaction 2Ca + O2 --> 2CaO
Answer: Calcium oxide
What is the products
The shape of our galaxy.
What is a Spiral Galaxy?
A chemical reaction that releases energy into the surroundings.
What is an exothermic reaction?
The transformation of radiant energy (from the sun) into chemical potential energy (in food- glucose).
What is photosynthesis?
What are recessive genes?
Mixing an acid and a base to produce water and a salt.
What is acid-base neutralization?
A potential treatment for cystic fibrosis, and other genetic diseases.
What is gene therapy?
The force that holds together two or more elements. This allows for a full valence shell.
What is an electrostatic attraction?
This allows the Earth's oceans to hold a lot of thermal energy.
What is specific heat capacity?
An allele the organism has the code for; the allele the organism expresses.
In the reaction Na2O + Fe --> FeO + 2Na.
Only one is produced.
What is iron (II) oxide?
The best science discipline!
What is geology?