Unit+1+-+Introduction+to+Chemistry+and+What+is+Matter?

Unit one consists of chapters 1-3 and will be your introduction to the wonderful world of chemistry. Everything around you and everything that you do involves chemistry. Just reading this page requires chemicals in your brain to interact and react with each other. The vocabulary for each chapter in this unit is below but can be found at the end of each chapter on the page intitled "Study Guide". This unit will focus most heavily on chapter 3 and in particular, conversion factors and dimensional analysis. You will need to master the technique and application of dimensional analysis as you will use it for the rest of the school year in this class. It would be in your best interest to drum up your old elementary and middle school math knowledge regarding the metric system and its prefixes. For example, what does //milli-// mean in units like millimeters? How do you change a liter into a //kilo//liter? //Chapter 1//** analytical chemistry applied chemistry biochemistry biotechnology chemistry experiment hypothesis inorganic chemistry macroscopic matter microscopic manipulated variable observation organic chemistry physical chemistry pollutant pure chemistry responding variable scientific law scientific method technology theory chemical change chemical property chemical reaction chemical symbol compound distillation element extensive property filtration gas heterogeneous mixture homogeneous mixture intensive property law of conservation of mass liquid mass mixture phase physical change physical propety precipitate product reactant solid solution substance vapor volume absolute zero accepted value accuracy calorie (cal) Celsius scale conversion factor density dimensional analysis energy error experimental value gram International System of Units (SI) joule (J) Kelvin scale kilogram (kg) liter (L) measurement meter (m) percent error precision scientific notation significant figures temperature weight
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 * //Chapter 3 -//** [|Chapter 3 ppt.ppt]