CHEMISTRY

Compounds & Mixtures

100

A compound or a mixture

A substance

200

Substance in which two of more elements are chemcially joined in fixed ratios.

Compound

300

Type of mixture where you can still see the various components that make it up.

Heterogeneous

400

The hydrogen and oxygen atoms in water have this type of chemical bond.

Covalent

500

Irish scientist who applied scientific method of experimentation to testing hypotheses.

Robery Boyle

Solutions

100

To go into solution

Dissolve

200

Salt water is this type of solution; where parts are evenly distributed and no longer distinguishable.

Homogeneous

300

Substance that does the dissolving

Solvent

400

Substance that is dissolved.

Solute

500

Universal solvent

Water

Suspensions

100

Mixture of two of more substances that separate over time.

Suspension

200

Suspensions and colloids do this to light

Scatter it

300

Suspension in which particles are permenantly suspended

Colloid

400

Example of a colloid in which a solid is suspended in a liquid.

Paint

500

This part of a suspension is larger than atoms and molecules

Particles

Chemical Formulas/Oxidation #s

100

Number in chemical formula which tells you how many atoms of each element are present in a compound.

Subscript

200

This group of elements has an oxidation number of +1.

Alkali metals

300

This group of elements has a oxidation number of 0.

Noble gases

400

Way of writing the name of a compound by using the elements' chemical symbols.

Chemical formula

500

Common name for NaCl.

Table salt

Misc.

100

Does not dissolve in water

Insoluble

200

Name for electrons found in atom's outermost energy level

Valence

300

Oxidation numbers of elements involved in compound add up to this.

Zero (0)

400

How much of a substance can dissolve in 100 g of water at a given temperature.

Solubility

500

Water is this type of molecule which allows you to float a paper clip.

Polar