Define the Basic Terms of Chemistry Flashcards

What do you know about the basic terms of chemistry? An example of a chemistry term is substance. The substance has a specific definition for a word that is used in every-day language with a different, less obvious meaning. Another example of a term is the word element. Element is a pure substance that cannot be broken down by chemical reactions. Read and study these flashcards and then take the quiz to see what you learned.

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Solids have a ----------- shape and are not appreciably----------.
Definite, compressible
A separation process that depends on differing abilities of substances to form gases is called?
Distillation
"Absolute zero" refers to.
0 Kelvin
The law of constant composition applies to.
Compounds
Which statement correctly describes the responses of alpha, beta, and gamma radiation to an electric field.
Alpha and beta are deflected in the opposite directions, while gamma shows no response.
When a metal and a nonmetal react, the ------- tends to lose electrons and the --------- tends to gain electrons.
Metal, nonmetal
Which one of the following is not one of the postulates of Daltons atomic theory?
Atoms are composed of protons, neutrons, and electrons
The gold foil experiment performed in Rutherfords lab did what.
Led to the discovery of the atomic nucleus
A strong electrolyte is one that -------- completely in solution.
Ionizes
Oxidation cannot occur without
Reduction
Name and write formula of two strong acids and two strong bases.
Strong Acid                                      Strong BasesNitric Acid- HNO3                       LiOHHydrochloric acid- HCI              NaOH
The principal quantum number of the electrons that are lost when mercury forms a cation is.
6
"It is impossible to know both the position and the momentum of an electron simultaneously" is a statement of
Heisenberg uncertainty principle
What color of visible light has the lowest energy?
Red
Each f-subshell can accomodate a maximum of-------- electrons
14