Basic Chem Definitions
Lab
What is the Difference
Graphs
Elements
100
Chemistry
What is the study of how matter changes and reacts with other matter?
100
Safety Glasses
What is the name given to the equipment used to protect a chemist's eyes during an experiment?
100
Atom
What is the smallest part of an element that can exist alone?
100
x-axis
What is the name of the horizontal axis on a graph?
100
Periodic Table
What is the name given to the table created to display information about all of the known element?
200
Matter
What is anything with weight that occupies space?
200
Graduated Cylinder
What is the name given to a long cylinder similar to a kitchen measuring cup,but more accurate?
200
Element
What is the purest form of matter that exists?
200
y-axis
What is the name given to the vertical axis on a graph?
200
Carbon
What is the element that must be present in matter being studied in organic chemistry?
300
Chemist
What is the name given to a scientist who studies matter?
300
Thermometer
What is the name of the instrument used to measure temperatures?
300
Physical Properties
What are the characteristics of matter that include color, odor, taste, and melting point?
300
Independent Variable
Which variable is placed on the x-axis?
300
Solid
What is the state of matter in which the atoms have both definite shape and definite volume?
400
Inorganic Chemistry
What is the study of matter that does not contain any carbon, including acids, bases, salts, and pure metals?
400
Introduction
What is the name for the section of the lab report that tells the purpose of the experiment and the expected result (hypothesis)?
400
Mixture
What is it called when two or more pure substances are physically combined, but not chemically bonded?
400
Dependent Variable
Which variable is placed on the y-axis?
400
Gas
What is the state of matter when the atoms have no definite shape and spread out to fill all of the available space?
500
Biochemistry
What is the name given to the study of the matter of living things?
500
Interpolate
What is it called when you need to estimate a measurement?
500
Compound
What is it called when two or more elements are chemically combined to form an entirely new substance?
500
Time
What is the independent variable on a graph of temperature change over time?
500
92
What is the number of naturally occurring elements