Branches of chemistry
This branch of chemistry is focused on compounds containing carbon
What is organic chemistry?
A measurement of the amount of matter.
What is mass?
A characteristic that can be observed or measured without changing the identity of the substance.
What is a physical property?
The vertical columns of the periodic table.
What are groups?
This unit is used to measure distance and length.
What is the meter?
This branch of chemistry is focused on compounds that do not contain chemistry.
What is inorganic chemistry?
Something that has mass and takes up space.
Relates to a substance’s ability to undergo changes that transform it into different substances
What is a chemical property?
The horizontal rows of the periodic table.
What are periods?
This unit is used to measure the amount of matter something has.
What is the gram?
This branch of chemistry is focused on identifying the components and compositions of compounds.
What is analytical chemsistry?
The smallest unit of an element that maintains the chemical identity of that element
What is an atom?
A state of matter that has a definite shape and volume.
What is a solid?
An element that is a good electrical conductor and a good heat conductor
What is a metal?
This unit is used to measure temperature.
What is Celsius or Kelvin?
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?
A pure substance that cannot be broken down into simpler, stable substances and is made of one type of atom.
What is an element?
A state of matter that has a definite volume but not a definite shape.
What is a liquid?
An element that is a poor conductor of electricity and heat.
What is a non-metal?
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?
This branch of chemistry is focused on the study of substances and processes occurring in living things
What is biochemistry?
A substance that can be broken down into simple stable substances.
What is a compound?
A state of matter that doesn't have a definite shape or a definite volume.
What is a gas?
An element that has some characteristics of metals and some of non-metals.
What is a metalloid?
This unit is used to measure the intensity of a light source.
What is the candela?