Scientific Method
Atoms
pH Scale
Chemical Reactions
Chemical Equations
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What is the first step of the scientific method?

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What are the three parts of an atom?

proton, neutron, and electron

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Where do acids fall on the pH scale?

Between 1-6

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What two things are formed when an acid and base react?

Water and Salt

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What does the coefficient represent/mean in a chemical equation

2NaCl

The number of each substance needed

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What is an independent variable?

The thing being changed during the expirament.
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How can you determine the number of electrons in a given element?

Look at the atomic number

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Where do the bases fall on the pH scale?

8-14

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What type of reaction happens when an acid reacts with a base?

Neutralization 

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Provide an example of a physical change AND an example of a chemical change

Physical: boiling, melting, cutting, crushing

Chemical: burning, rusting, decomposing

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What is a hypothesis?

An educated guess or assumption of what will happen

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How can you identify an ionic bond?

Formed between a metal and non metal, electrons are taken or given

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Where does water fall on the pH scale?

7, Neutral

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This type of reaction involves two or more substances combined to form one product

Synthesis

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Balance this chemical equation:

Fe + Cl ------> FeCl3

2Fe + 3Cl ------> 2FeCl3

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What is the purpose of a control group?

To compare all other results to.

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How can you identify a covalent bond?

Between two non metals, shared electrons

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What does pH stand for?

Potential of Hydrogen

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This type of reaction involves a single reactant breaking down into two or more products

Decomposition reaction
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Balance this equation:

NaOH + CaBr2 ---> Ca(OH)2 + NaBr

2NaOH + CaBr2 -----> Ca(OH)2 + 2NaBr

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Sam wants to see if the amount of light effects the growth of her plants. What are some things that must be kept constant to ensure accuracy of the experiment?

soil type, pot size, amount of water, type of plant

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Find the number of: 

Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons for the element 

Oxygen

Protons (atomic #): 8

Neutrons (atomic mass-atomic #): 8

Electrons (atomic #): 8

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This acid, typically found in citrus, has a pH typically around 3. What is it?

Citric Acid

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This law states that, mass is neither created nor destroyed in a chemical reaction

Law of Conservation of Mass

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Provide at least two signs that a chemical change has occured.

release of light, temperature change, odor change, color change, gas given off, sudden appearance of a solid.