Vocabulary
Atoms and Formulas
Chemical Reactions
Matter and Density
Science Detectives
100

The smallest basic unit of matter

Atoms

100

In water how many Hydrogen atoms are there?

2

100

During a chemical reaction atoms can not be ________ nor __________.

created, destroyed

100

What are three states of matter?

solid, liquid, gas

100

A substance has a unique color, density, and solubility. What are these called?

Properties

200

Also known as outputs of a chemical equation

Products

200

In Carbon Dioxide, how many Oxygen atoms are there?

2

200

What happens to molecules during a chemical reaction.

They break apart, rearrange and recombine.

200

What do properties help us do?

identify a substance. 

200

A student wants to identify an unknown substance. Which would be the best way to determine if it is the same as a known substance?

Test/Compare several properties.

300

What is a molecule?

A group of 2 or more atoms together

300

What is H2 (little 2) considered?

Molecule

300

Can one chemical reaction produce more than one product?

Yes

300

What is another property you can test to find out a substance other than color and density?

Flammability, boiling point, solubility, scent, texture

300

An unknown substance has a density of 2.71 g/cm³. Calcium nitrate has a density of 2.50 g/cm³, and calcium sulfate has a density of 2.32 g/cm³. What does this suggest?

The unknown is a new substance.

400

What are the inputs of a chemical reaction also called?

Reactants

400

How many atoms of each element are in C₆H₈O₇?

6 Carbon, 8 Hydrogen and 7 Oxygen

400

A student mixes two substances and observes that a new substance forms. What process may have occurred?

A chemical reaction

400

What happens to total mass in a closed system during a chemical reaction?

Stays the same

400

A student mixes two substances in an open container. After a chemical reaction, the measured mass decreases. The student claims that atoms were destroyed during the reaction. Is the student correct?

No, matter cannot be destroyed it was in an open system and gas escaped. 

500

What is a chemical reaction?

the way that atoms can be rearranged to make new substances

500

How many atoms are in Ca(HO)4 (little 4)

9

500

A reaction starts with 12 atoms in total. How many atoms should be present in the products if all matter is accounted for?

12 atoms

500

Three liquids are poured into the same container. Liquid A is less dense than Liquid B but liquid C is more dense than liquid B. If the liquids do not mix, where will each liquid settle, and why?

Liquid A will settle on top, Liquid B will settle in the middle, and Liquid C will settle at the bottom 

More dense things sink. Less dense float.

500

 A student claims that a chemical reaction produced 10 oxygen atoms, but the reactants contained only 6 oxygen atoms. Is the student's claim possible? Explain your reasoning.

No. Atoms cannot be created or destroyed during an ordinary chemical reaction, so the products must contain the same total number of oxygen atoms as the reactants.