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General Chemistry: Matter, Energy, and Measurement

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  • What is matter?

    Matter is anything that has mass and volume. It is composed of atoms, the basic building blocks of all matter.

  • What are the three common states of matter?

    The three common states of matter are solid, liquid, and gas, differing in particle arrangement and movement.

  • How are particles arranged in solids, liquids, and gases?

    In solids, particles are closely packed in an orderly fashion with limited movement. In liquids, particles are close but move freely. In gases, particles are far apart and move rapidly.

  • What is plasma and where is it found?

    Plasma is a gaseous state with charged particles, found naturally in stars and lightning, and in devices like ICP spectroscopy instruments.

  • How is matter classified?

    Matter is classified as pure substances (elements and compounds) or mixtures (homogeneous and heterogeneous).

  • What defines a homogeneous mixture?

    A homogeneous mixture has uniform composition throughout, such as sugar solution or air.

  • What defines a heterogeneous mixture?

    A heterogeneous mixture has non-uniform composition with visible different components, like salt and sugar mixed together.

  • What is a pure substance?

    A pure substance has constant composition and properties, such as sucrose, with fixed ratios of elements.

  • What is the difference between an element and a compound?

    An element contains only one type of atom, while a compound contains atoms of different elements chemically combined in fixed ratios.

  • Give examples of elements and compounds.

    Elements: oxygen (O), hydrogen (H), copper (Cu). Compounds: water (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), ammonia (NH3).

  • What are physical properties?

    Physical properties describe matter without changing its chemical identity, e.g., density, color, melting point.

  • What are chemical properties?

    Chemical properties describe how a substance reacts to form new substances, observable only during chemical changes.

  • What is a physical change?

    A physical change alters the state or appearance without changing chemical composition, e.g., melting, vaporization.

  • What is a chemical change?

    A chemical change produces new substances with different properties, e.g., rust formation, combustion.

  • What is the difference between extensive and intensive properties?

    Extensive properties depend on amount of matter (mass, volume). Intensive properties do not depend on amount (temperature, density).

  • How are elements classified based on conductivity?

    Elements are classified as metals (good conductors), nonmetals (poor conductors), and metalloids (intermediate conductors).

  • What are the seven base SI units?

    Length (meter, m), mass (kilogram, kg), time (second, s), temperature (kelvin, K), electric current (ampere, A), amount of substance (mole, mol), luminous intensity (candela, cd).

  • What is the relationship between Celsius and Kelvin temperature scales?

    \(K=\degree C+273.15\). Kelvin is Celsius plus 273.15; Kelvin cannot be negative.

  • What is density and its common units?

    Density is mass per unit volume, commonly expressed in g/cm³ or kg/m³.

  • What are significant figures?

    Significant figures include all certain digits plus one estimated digit in a measurement, indicating precision.

  • Rules for determining significant figures?

    Non-zero digits are significant; zeros between non-zero digits are significant; leading zeros are not; trailing zeros are significant if decimal present.

  • How to round numbers based on significant figures?

    If first dropped digit <5, round down; if >5, round up; if =5, round to make preceding digit even.

  • How to handle significant figures in addition/subtraction?

    Result cannot have more digits to the right of the decimal than the number with the fewest decimal places.

  • How to handle significant figures in multiplication/division?

    Result must have the same number of significant figures as the factor with the fewest significant figures.

  • Difference between accuracy and precision?

    Accuracy is closeness to true value; precision is closeness of repeated measurements to each other.

  • What is energy?

    Energy is the ability to do work or cause change, existing mainly as kinetic or potential energy.

  • What is kinetic energy?

    Kinetic energy is energy of motion, depending on mass and speed of an object.

  • What is potential energy?

    Potential energy is stored energy available for use, such as chemical potential energy in bonds.

  • State the law of conservation of matter and energy.

    The total amount of mass and energy in the universe is conserved; energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed.

  • How is energy transferred?

    Energy is transferred as heat (energy flow due to temperature difference) or work (force applied over a distance).