Chem Ch1 Review

The temperature at which a substance changes from a liquid to a gas is called the boiling point.

The SI prefix for one hundredth (10^-2)

How many significant figures are in 100?

As the kinetic energy of a substance increases, the substance’s temperature decreases

The smallest particles into which a compound may be broken down without changing it into another substance are _____.

Every system left to itself will tend toward a condition of minimum potential energy and maximum entropy

A measure of the force of gravity upon an object is weight

The consistency or reproducibility of a measurement is referred to as accuracy

A group of two or more atoms linked together by chemical bonds is called a(n) _____.

The randomness of a substance or system is known as _____.

What is the equation to convert from ^oF to ^oC?

Any substance composed of only one type of atom is called a(n) _____.

The mass of an object per unit of volume is known as its _____.

Elements that exist in nature as two-atom molecules are known as biatomic elements

How many significant figures are in 1.00?

Matter and energy may be neither created nor destroyed, only converted from one form to another.

How many kelvins are equal to 1 degree celsius?

The ratios of the masses of each element in a given compound are always the same, regardless of where it is obtained

The branch of chemistry dealing specifically with carbon and carbon compounds is_____.

How many meters are in 1 km?

How many significant figures are in 0.010?

The branch of science dealing with the study of the flow of energy is called _____.