# Unit 2: Chemistry ## Chemistry Vocabulary List
Word | Definition (or diagram/translation) |
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Particle Theory of Matter | Theory that describes the composition and behaviour of matter as being composed of small particles with empty space |
Matter | Substance that has mass and occupies space |
Mechanical Mixture | A heterogeneous mixture which one can physically separate |
Suspension | A heterogeneous mixture where insoluble solid particles are distributed throughout a fluid, floating freely |
Alloy | A combination of 2+ metals |
Mixture | A substance that is made up of at least 2 types of particles |
Qualitative property | A property of a substance that is not measured and doesn't have a numerical value, such as colour, odour, and texture |
Quantative observation | An numerical observation |
Precipitate | A solid that separates from a solution |
Density | A measure of how much mass is contained in a given unit volume of a substance; calculated by dividing the mass of a sample of its volume (mass/volume) |
Element | Element An element is made up of the same atoms throughout, and cannot be broken down further |
Metal | a solid material that is typically hard, shiny, malleable, fusible, and ductile, with good electrical and thermal conductivity |
Pure substance | A substance that is made up of only one type of particle |
Atom | The smallest unit of matter found in substances |
Solution | A uniform mixture of 2 or more substances |
Colloid | is substance with small particles suspended in it, unable to be separated by gravity |
Emulsion | A mixture of 2 insoluble liquids, in which one liquid is suspended in the other |
Physical Property | Characteristic of a substance that can be determined without changing the makeup of the substance |
Characteristic | A physical property that is unique to a substance and can be used to identify the substance |
Periodic Table | a table of the chemical elements arranged in order of atomic number, usually in rows, so that elements with similar atomic structure (and hence similar chemical properties) appear in vertical columns. |
Compound | Compounds are chemically joined atoms of different elements |
Non-Metal | A substance that isn’t a metal |
Physical Change | A change in which the composition of the substance remains unaltered and no new substances are produced |
Chemical Change | A change in the starting substance and the production of ONE or more new substances Original substance does not disappear BUT the composition is rearranged |
Molecule | Two or more non-metal atoms joined together |
Diatomic Molecules | Molecules that only consists of 2 elements H O F BR I N C L - hyrodgen, oxygen, fluorine, bromine, iodine, nitrogen, chlorine. |
Ions | A Charged particle, that results from a loss (cation - positve, less electrons) or gain (anion - negative, more electrons) of electrons when bonding |
Electron | Negatively Charged |
Proton | Positively Charged |
Neutron | Neutral Charged | Ionic Charge | The sum of the positive and negative charges in a ion |
Covalent Bond | The sharing of electrons between atoms when bonding |
Valence Electrons | Number of electrons on the most outer orbit/shell of the element |