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Matter in which particles are arranged in repeating geometric patterns, and has a definite volume and a definite shape

Solid

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A gas-like mixture with no definite volume or shape that is made up of positively and negatively charged particles

Plasma

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Matter that has definite volume but no shape

Liquid

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Matter in which the particles are free to move in all directions until they have spread evenly throughout their container

Gas

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Most matter ____ when heated

expands

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Liquids which keep some ordered structure

Liquid crystals

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Who was the SI unit of pressure named for

Blasie Pascal

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The amount of energy needed to change a material from the solid state to the liquid state is the heat of

Fusion

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The amount of energy needed to change a material from a liquid to a gas is the heat of

Vaporization

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The pressure of a gas will increase as the volume of the container decreases provided temperature does not change

Boyle’s Law

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The idea that the volume of a gas increases with increasing temperature provided the pressure does not change

Charles’s Law

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The buoyant force on an object in a fluid is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object

Archimedes’ Principle

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Pressure applied to a fluid is transmitted unchanged throughout the fluid

Pascal’s Principle

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Whether an object will sink or float in a fluid

Archimedes’ Principle

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As a sample of matter is heated, its particles ___

move more quickly

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The equation P1V1 = constant P2V2

Boyle’s Law

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The idea stating matter is made up of small particles that are in constant motion

The kinetic theory of matter

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The particles that make up a solid move ___ than do the particles that make up a gas

more slowly

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In applying Charles’s law, temperature must be on the ___ scale

Kelvin

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When water is frozen it ____

Expands

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As the velocity of a fluid increases, the pressure exerted by the fluid decreases

Bernoulli’s Principle

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If the buoyant force of a fluid is less than the weight of the object floating in it, the object will ___

Sink

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A hydraulic lift is used to lift a heavy machine that is pushing on a 7.6 m2 piston with a force of 1450 N. What force needs to be exerted on a 0.0048 m2 piston to lift the machine

1 N

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A balloon has a volume of of 10 L at a pressure of 110 kPa. What will be the new volume when the pressure drops to 50 kPa?

22.0 L

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A computer is sitting on a desk. The computer contacts the desk over an area of 0.07 m2. If the computer weighs 25 N, what is the pressure the computer exerts on the desk?

357 Pa

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The force which supports objects in fluids

Buoyant force

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Solids that gradually soften and turn into a liquid over a temperature range

Amorphous solids

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Random spreading of molecules

Diffusion

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A fluid’s resistance to flow

Viscosity

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The mass per unit volume

Density

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Where is the one place you might find matter in the state of plasma?

Sun, stars, auroras

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According to Archimedes’ principle, what will happen if the buoyant force of a fluid is more than or equal to the weight of an object placed in the fluid?

The object will float

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Smoke is an example of a ____

Colloid

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When two or more substances are combined so that each substance maintains its original properties

Mixture

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The scattering of light by colloids

The Tyndall Effect

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_____ is another name for homogeneous mixture

Solution

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Three examples of physical change

Boiling water, bursting a balloon, and sharpening a pencil

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______ is NOT a homogeneous

Suspension

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Is the best indication that a chemical reaction has occurred

Producing a new substance

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Distillation can separate dissolved substances through ______

Physical changes

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Can be separated into simpler parts through differences in physical properties

Mixture

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When two or more elements are combined so that each element is bonded to the other element forming a completely new substance with new properties

Compound

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The law that describes the relationship between the mass of the substances entering into a chemical reaction and the mass of the substances resulting from that reaction

Law of Conservation of Mass

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Matter is classified as ______ and mixtures

Substances

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The substance calcium carbonate (CaCO3) is an example of a

Compound

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Any characteristic of a material that you can observe without changing the identity of the substances that make up the material

Physical Property

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Compounds are made from the atoms of two or more ______

Elements

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A solution is a type of _______ mixture

Homogeneous

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A mixture in which different materials are easily identified

Heterogeneous

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Is a mixture that has large particles that do not settle out of the liquid

Colloid

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Is a heterogeneous mixture in which visible particles settle

Suspension

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Is a process that can separate two liquids using their boiling points

Distillation

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Muddy water

Heterogeneous

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Blood

Homogeneous

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Distilled water

Homogeneous

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Chocolate Chip ice cream

Heterogeneous

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Saline Solution

Homogeneous

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Size of an object

Physical Property

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Sharpening a pencil

Physical Change

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Flammability of a substance

Chemical Property

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Boiling water

Physical change

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Freezing point

Physical Property

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Formation of water when hydrogen burns

Chemical change

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Each energy level of an atom has a maximum number of ____ it can hold

Electrons

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Dot diagrams are used to represent _____

Outer electrons

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Particles of matter that make up protons and neutrons

Quarks

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A chemical symbol represents the ____ of an element

Name

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The horizontal rows of elements

Periods

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Vertical columns of elements

Groups

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The number of protons in an atom

Atomic number

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The center of the atom where protons and neutrons are located

Nucleus

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A total count of the neutrons and protons in an atom

Mass number

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Atoms of the same element but with different numbers of neutrons

Isotopes

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Elements that have some properties of both metals and nonmetals

Metalliod

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Particles that move around the nucleus and have a negative charge

Electrons

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A chart that shows the classification of elements

Periodic table

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Is Neon a metal, nonmetal, or metalliod?

Nonmetal

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What is the atomic number for the element Barium?

56

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What element is in group 7 and period 4

Manganese

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What is the element symbol for the element Iron?

Fe

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How many electron levels are present in an atom of fluorine?

2

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How many electrons are present in an atom of fluorine?

9

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How many electrons are in the outer energy level of fluorine

7

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Why are the elements in group 18 stable?

They have 8 valence electrons so it won’t react

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The element Boron has two isotopes, boron-10 and boron-11. Which isotope is more abundant?

Boron-11 is more abundant because it is closer to the average atomic mass

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(On the Exam) Draw the electron dot diagram for fluorine

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The elements in Groups 3 through 12 of the periodic table

Transition elements

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All synthetic elements ____

Are not typically found on Earth

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In the gaseous state ____ form diatomic covalent molecules

Halogens

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Metals can be used as a wire because they are ____

Ductile

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Any element with an atomic number greater than 92

Transuranium element

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Elements that lie along the stair-step line of the periodic table

Metalliods

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Hydrogen is grouped with the alkali metals because it ______

has one electron in its outer energy level

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A group of elements that has two electrons in its outer energy level

Alkali metals

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Bromine is the only halogen and nonmetal that is ____ at room temperature

Liquid

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Molecule that consists of two atoms of the same element

Diatomic

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Elements in Group 2 are Alkali ______ metals

Earth

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Element in Group 1

Alkali

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Different forms of same element with different molecular structures

Allotropes

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Able to be hammered or rolled into sheets

Malleable

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