Terms

Unit 1A:

Meniscus- the curved surface of a liquid 

Filtration- separation of particles: retains solid particles allowing liquid to pass through 

Filtrate- liquid collected after filtration 

Adsorbs- attracts and holds on its surface 

Percent Recovery- how much water you purified (ex. 90% was purified) 

Histogram- shows the percent recovery obtained by all groups

Range- difference between largest and smallest values in a set of data

Average (or mean)- add and divide by total number of values

Median- middle value

Electrical conductivity- the presence of dissolved, electrically charged particles 

Hydrologic cycle- remaining water flows back into the water cycle 

Direct water use- directly measured water 

Indirect water use- hidden uses of water that you may never have considered 

Gaseous state- water vapor in the air

Liquid state- how water is most easily identified

Solid state- ice is a common example

Surface water- water from rivers or other bodies of water; contains dissolved minerals

Groundwater- water from wells pumped to the surface 

Aquifer- a water-bearing layer of rock, sand, or gravel


Boiling point- 100 degrees c

Melting point- 0 degrees c

Surface tension- force that holds water molecules together
      ex. objects that float on liquids that are in fact denser than the actual liquids

Unit 1B:

Matter- anything that occupies space and has mass
     ex. solids, liquids, gases 

Physical properties- measured without a change in the chemical makeup
     ex. color, size, density

Density- mass within volume

Freezing point- 0 degrees c

Aqueous (aqua) solution- a water-based solution
      ex. river water, salt water, rain water, orange juice, coffee

Distilled water- contains dissolved gasses from the atmosphere 

Pure water- clear, colorless, odorless, and tasteless

Mixture- two substances combine yet retain their individual properties

Heterogeneous mixture- composition is not uniform throughout
      ex. foil water because its not the same throughout (coffee grounds sank to bottom)

Suspension- solid particles separated by filtration
       ex. water and coffee grounds 

Tyndall effect- the scattering of light, proving the small particles in the water

Colloid- a cloudy mixture containing small particles dispersed in the water; heterogenous
       ex. milk (butterfat particles not visible to the human eye)

Homogenous- uniform throughout
       ex. salt and water

Solutions- homogenous mixtures consisting of few solutes and a solvent
       ex. salt in water; sugar in water

Solute- the dissolved substance
       ex. salt

Solvent- the dissolving agent
       ex. water

Elements- one type of atom

Compounds- two or more types of atoms chemically bonded


Chemical Formulas- the representation of compounds and elements

Substance- an element or a compound; a material with a uniform, definite composition and distinct properties

Molecule- the smallest unit of a molecular compound that retains the properties of that substance


Unit 2 B.1 Vocabulary
Atmosphere: provides nitrogen, oxygen, argon, neon
Hydrosphere: layer of water (oceans, clouds, ice caps, glaciers, lakes, rivers, underground water supplies) and some dissolved minerals
Lithosphere: solid part of Earth, provides the greatest variety of chemical resources like petroleum and metal-bearing ores
  • Contains the crust (band of soil and rock that obtain the raw materials needed to build homes and more), mantle, and core

Ore: naturally occurring rock or mineral that can be mined and from which it is possible to extract metal or other minerals
Minerals: naturally occurring solid compounds containing the element or group of elements of interest


Unit 2 A.6-A.11 Vocabulary
Atomic number: the number of proton in an atom; distinguishes atoms of different elements
  • 12 protons: magnesium
  • 6 protons: carbon

Nucleus: positively charged central region of an atom that contains protons and neutrons
Mass number: the sum of the number of protons and neutrons in the nucleolus of an atom of a particular isotope
  • protons + neutrons= mass number

Isotopes: atoms with the same number of protons but different number of neutrons
Periods: horizontal row in the periodic table; elements are listed in order of increasing atomic numbers and grouped according to similar properties
Periodic relationship: regular patterns among chemical and physical properties of elements arrayed in the periodic table
Group/ Family: vertical row in the periodic table (column); contains elements with similar properties
Alkali metal family: first column on the left side; highly reactive metal that forms an ECl chloride and E2O oxide
  • a group of elements consisting of lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, and francium

Noble gas family: right most group of the periodic table; consists of very unreactive (chemically inert) elements
Halogen family: form 1- ions; group containing fluorine, chlorine, and bromine in a column to the left of the noble gases



Unit 2 A.5 Vocabulary
Combustion: chemical reaction with oxygen gas that produces thermal energy and light; burning
Conductor: a material that allows electricity (thermal energy) to flow through it
o   Conducts electricity à light bulb is on
Nonconductor: a material that does not allow electrical current (or thermal energy) to flow through it
o   Doesn’t conduct electricityà light bulb off
Malleable: flattens without shattering when struck
Brittle: shatters into pieces


Unit 2 A.1-A.4 Vocabulary
Physical properties: a property that can be observed or measured without changing the identity of the sample of matter
o   Color, density, odder
Physical change: a material stays the same, but its form appears to have changed
o   Melting, boiling, bending
Chemical properties: properties only observed or measured by changing the chemical identity of a sample of matter
Chemical change: when a substance changes to one or more new substances
o   Burning wood, formation of a gas/solid
Luster: shinny and reflect light
Ductile: can be drawn into wires
Metals: a material possessing such as luster, ductility, conductivity, and malleability
o   Iron (Fe), tin (Sn), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn)
Nonmetals: a material possessing properties such as brightness, lack of luster, and nonconductivity; nonmetals are often insulators
o   Carbon (C) and oxygen (O)
Metalloids: a material with properties intermediate between those of metal and nonmetals
o   Silicon (Si) and germanium (Ge)
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Unit 1 C.8- C.13 Vocabulary
Heavy-metal ions: their atoms have greater masses than those of essential metallic elements, and can be harmful to humans or other organisms
o   Lead
o   Mercury
Green Chemistry: design that prevents pollution by eliminating the production and use of hazardous substances, related to heavy metal pollution
o   To prevent heavy metals from getting into water à producing and using alternate materials that do not contain theses ions
pH scale: a way to measure and report the acidic, basic, or chemically neutral character of a solution
o   Solution with pH values lower than 7 = Acidic
o   Solutions with pH value greater than 7 = Basic
Alkaline: another name for a basic solution. Contains an excess of hydroxide ions (OH-)
Acids: ions or compounds that produce hydrogen ions (H+) or hydronium ions (H3O+) when dissolved in water
o   Hydrochloric acid (HCl)
Bases: ions or compounds that produce hydroxide ions (OH-) ions when dissolved in water
o   Sodium hydroxide (NaOH)
Chemically neutral: a substance that displays neither acidic nor basic characteristics
Molecular substances: a substance composed of molecules
o   H2O
o   CH4
Electronegativity: the ability of an elements atom to attract shared electrons when bonding within a compound (difference in electron attraction)
“like dissolves like”: the pattern or solubility behavior- polar substances dissolve in polar solvents and nonpolar substances dissolve in nonpolar solvents
Insoluble: refers to substances that are very, very slightly soluble in water
Gas-bubble trauma: when the total amount of dissolved gases (oxygen and nitrogen) reaches a state of supersaturation
o   Causes gas bubbles to form in the blood and tissue of fish



C.4 + C.6 Vocabulary
Particulate level- atomic and molecular phenomena that cannot be easily observed
Polar molecule- a molecule with regions of partial positive and negative charge resulting from the uneven distribution of electrical charge
Concentration- refers to how much solute is dissolved in a specific quantity of a solvent or solution
Percent- another way to express concentration
Parts per million (ppm)- an expression of concentration; the number of units of solute found in one billion units of solution
Parts per billion (ppb)- an expression of concentration; the number of units of solute found in one billion units of a solution


Unit 1 C.1- C.2 Vocabulary
Saturated- is when a solvent has dissolved as much solute as it can retain at a specific temperature, and therefore the solute settles at the bottom of the container because it cant dissolve anymore; even stirring the mixture will not make the crystals dissolve
Solubility- the maximum quality of a substance that will dissolve in a certain quality of water (solvent) to form a saturated solution at a specific temperature
 Solubility curve- a graph indicating the solubility of a particular solute at different temperatures
Saturated solution- a solution in which the solvent contains as much dissolved solute as it normally can at that temperature (maxed out amount)
Unsaturated solution- a solution that contains less dissolved solute than the amount that the solvent can normally hold at that temperature
Supersaturated solution- an unstable solution; that contains more solute than can normally be dissolved at that temperature
o   Heat up a solvent, then cool it down and slightly tap the beaker or add a drop of a chemical à solid forms
Precipitate- when the extra solute appears as solid crystals and settles to the bottom of the beaker

Unit 1 B.8- B.11 Vocabulary
Protons- positively charged particles
Electrons- negatively charged particles
Electron cloud- a group of electrons (negative charge) revolving around the nucleus of an atom
Neutrons- electrically neutral particles
Ions- electrically charged atoms or groups of atoms
Ionic compounds- substances that are composed of positive and negative ions
o   always neutral because positive and negative electrical charges offset each other
Crystal- NaCl consists of positive and negative ions arranged in a three- dimensional network
o   in solids, ionic compounds (table salt) ions are held together in crystals by attractions among negative and positive charges
Anion- negatively charged ion
Cation- positively charged ion
Polyatomic ion- an ion consisting of a group of bonded atoms
Confirming tests- tests that confirms that ions are present
Precipitate- insoluble solid substance that has separated from a solution
Qualitative tests- tests that identify the presence or absence of a particular substance in a sample
Quantitative tests- determines the amount of a specific substance present in a sample
Reference solution- a solution of known composition used as a comparison

Unit 1B.5- B.6 Vocabulary listUnit 1B.5- B.6 Vocabulary list

Macroscopic- a world filed with large scale (macro) readily observed things
Models- representations of atoms and molecules
Chemical symbols- an abbreviation of an element’s name.
  • Such as N for nitrogen
  • Fe for iron
Periodic table of elements- where elements are organized
Chemical formula- a symbolic expression representing the elements contained in a substance, together with subscripts that indicate the relative numbers of atoms of each element
Subscript- the number printed below the normal line of letters; indicates how many atoms of the element there are
  • For example: H
  • 2O, the subscript 2 indicates the total of H atoms
Chemical equations- chemical sentence; a symbolic expression summarizing a chemical reaction
  •  
  • 2H2(g) + O2(g) à 2H2O(g)
Chemical reactions- the process of forming new substances from reactants that involves the breaking and forming of chemical bonds
Reactants- starting materials in a chemical reaction
Products- substances formed in a chemical reaction
Diatomic Molecules- a molecule made up of two atoms (two bonded atoms of the same element)
  •   
  • chlorine gas- Cl2
  •  
  • hydrogen gas- H2
  • Oxygen gas- O
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