Chemistry Unit 1
Terms
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- D
- deci
- Mega
- 1 000 000 or 10^6
- quantitative
- gives definite numerical results and always has units
- physical
- the theory of chemistry
- accuracy
- how close a measurement is to a true value
- milli
- 000.1 or 10^-3
- precision
- how finely stated measurement is and how close a set of values are to each other
- qualitative
- gives indefinite descriptive results
- Volume
- amount of space that a substance takes up (measured in litres))
- M
- Mega
- micro
- 0.000 001 or 10^-6
- Organic
- study of substances composed of carbon
- difference between K and C
- 273
- Density
- the mass if an object per unit volume
- theory
- explains what happens (can change)
- temperature
- kelvin
- technology
- the use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes
- length
- meter
- pico
- 0.000 000 000 001 or 10^-12
- temperature
- a measure of the average kinetic engery of a substance
- centi
- 00.1 or 10^-2
- experiment
- test hypothesis
- observation
- recognize a problem/something of interest
- deci
- 0.1 or 10^-1
- law
- tells what happens (never changes)
- kilo
- 1000 or 10^3
- pure science
- "knowledge for knowledge sake"
- hypothesis
- prediction "if...then.."
- n
- nano
- SigFigs
- Dot right not left
- models
- used to study something indirectly
- time
- second
- K
- kilo
- u
- micro
- biochemistry
- biological system
- Density Equation
- d=m/v
- amount
- mole
- analytical
- what substance and how much present in a sample
- nano
- 0.000 000 001 or 10^-9
- m
- milli
- c
- centi
- p
- pico
- inorganic
- all other substances
- mass
- kilogram
- percent relative error
- %error=l experimental-theoretical l/theoretical x 100