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pH
100

What is the study of matter, the physical and chemical changes affecting matter and it’s energy changes?

Chemistry

100

What active ingredient is considered a drug product under FDA guidelines?

Sunscreen

100

This matter has definite weight and volume, but no shape.

Liquids

100

Ingredients added to a product to enhance effectiveness of preservative

Chelating agent

100

What is the natural pH of the skin?

4.5-5.5

200

What is the study of chemical reactions, such as growth, reproduction, and respiration that occurs within a living organism?

Biochemistry

200

What is a mixture of two or more chemicals evenly distributed?

Solution

200

What type of change affects the physical form of a substance without creating a new substance with a different composition?

Physical change

200

Fatty acids that have been exposed to hydrogen

Fatty alcohols

200

This is composed of a mixture of sebum and sweat combining with lipids, minerals and moisture

Acid mantle

300

What is the study that deals with all matter that is now living or was alive at one time?

Organic chemistry

300
This is an even dispersion of a solid substance in a liquid base

Suspension

300

This matter has indefinite volume and shape but a definite weight.

Gases

300

This keeps creams and lotions soft and easy to apply to skin. Comes from plant and animals sources

Fatty acids

300

This solution is often referred to as a “base,” and has more negative hydroxide ions than positive hydrogen ions

Alkaline

400

What is the study that deals with matter that does not contain carbon?

Inorganic chemistry

400
What is the most simple unit of a carb?

Saccharides 

400

What are the basic units of matter that cannot be broken down by any chemical reaction?

Elements

400

Substance consisting of 2 immiscible liquids

Emulsion

400

Often used by estheticians, this substance has a pH of 7

Distilled water

500

What scientist, through his experiments with respiration and combustion, revealed the true nature of chemistry?

The father of modern chemistry/Antoine Laurent Lavoisier

500

What is the process of a solid or gas changing states without becoming a liquid?

Sublimation

500
What type of change creates a new substance with different material characteristics from those of the original substance?

Chemical change

500

This ingredient is an essential growth factor that prevents premature aging and is believed to partially reverse clinical signs of photo damaged skin

Kinetin

500

What is a solution containing positively charged ions?

Acids