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SAT Subject Test: Chemistry Vocab
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Capable of being drawn into a thing wire
Ductile
Dew point
Absolute temperature
Dry ice
2. A substance that speeds up or slows down a reaction without being permanently changed itself
Brownian movement
Activated Charcoal
Catalyst
Equation
3. The union of atoms to form compounds or molecules by filling their outer shells of electonrs. This can be done through giving and taking electrons (ionic) or by sharing electrons
Equation
Bonding
Cathode rays
Destructive distillation
4. A terminal of an electrolytic cell
Electrode
Decomposition
Bond energy
Amorphous
5. The process of taking up by capillary - osmotic - chemical - or solvent action - as a sponge absorbs water
Ester
Equilibrium
erg
Absorption
6. Rod of certain metal such as cadmium - which controls the speed of the chain reaction by absorbing neutrons in a nuclear reactor
Control rod
Electrolyte
Filteration
distillation
7. To take water from a substance
Filteration
Denatured alcohol
Dehydrate
Anion
8. Heat content of a chemical system
Electron
Alloy
Double displacement
Enthalpy
9. A reaction in which two chemical substances exchange ions with the formation of two new compounds
Allotropic forms
Antichlor
Double displacement
Electrode
10. Containing no water
Anhydrous
Filteration
Condensation
Dialysis
11. The process by which suspended matter is removed from a liquid by passing the liquid through a porous material
Filteration
Emulsion
Allotropic forms
Dry ice
12. Determines how a substance will behave in a chemical reaction
Emulsifying agent
Fahrenheit scale
Absorption
Chemical property
13. The difference in potential between an electrode and the solution in which it is immpesed
Electrode potential
Diffusion
Cation
Electrolysis
14. An instrument - invented by Toricelli in 1643 - used for measuring atmospheric pressure
Energy
Barometer
Fission
Bond energy
15. The flow of a gas through a small aperture
Alcohol
Flux
Effusion
Ductile
16. Loss by a substance of its water of hydration on exposure to air at ordinary temperatures
Efflorescence
Beta particles
Electrolysis
Critical mass
17. Chemical reaction between an alcohol and an acid - in which an ester is formed
Compound
Esterification
Destructive distillation
Alcohol
18. A reaction produced during nuclear fission when at least one neutron from each fission produces another fission - so that the process becomes self sustaining without additional external energy
Electron volt
Amine
Chain reaction
Atomic mass
19. A salt formed by replacing part of the hydrogen ions of a dibasic or tribasic acid with metallic ions - Examples: NaHSO4 - NaH2PO4
Acid salt
Electrolyte
eudiometer
Boiling point
20. A substituent obtained from a saturated hydrocarbon by removing one hydrogen atom -Examples: methyl(CH3) ethyl(C2H5)
Chain reaction
Alkali
Cathode rays
Alkyl
21. A compound whose basic structure contains the benzene ring; it usually has an odor
Analysis
Critical temperature
Aromatic compound
Basic anhydride
22. Bonding accomplished through the sharing of electrons so that atoms can fill their outer shells
Ether
Covalent bonding
Acidic anhydride
Alloy
23. The adhesion (in an extremely thing layer) of the molecules of gases - of dissolved substances - or of liquieds to the surfaces of solid or liquid bodies with which they come into contact
adsorbtion
Anion
Fission
Effervescence
24. Referring to a compound composed of two elements such as water
Critical temperature
Amorphous
Boiling point
Binary
25. Negatively charged particle - Mass is 9.109x10(-28)
Beta particles
Fallout
Electron
Exothermic
26. Having no definite crystalline structure
Electron
Electroplating
Amorphous
Base
27. In metallurgy: a substance that helps to melt and remove the solid impurities as slag
Atomic mass
adsorbtion
Flux
Anhydrous
28. A water solution that has an excess of hydrogen ions; an acid turns litmus paper pink or red - has a sour taste - and neutralizes bases to form salts
Catalyst
Empirical formula
Acid
Anhydride
29. One of the building blacks matter is composed of - only one type of atom; cannot be further decomposed
Fallout
Element
distillation
Boiling point
30. Referring to a hydroxide that may have either acidic or basic properties - depending on the substance with which it reacts
Critical temperature
Amphoteric
Crystalline
Filteration
31. Isotope of hydrogen - sometimes called heavy hydrogen - with an atomic weight of 2
Deuterium
Critical temperature
Analysis
Acid
32. Shows only the simplest ratio of the number and kids of atoms
Empirical formula
Dialysis
Electroplating
Activation energy
33. E=mc2 - relates mass to energy
Double displacement
Enthalpy
Colloids
Einstein equation
34. The average mass of a number; bottom number on the element
Chemical property
Electron volt
Control rod
Atomic mass
35. The process of forming definitely shaped crystals when water is evaporated from a solution of the substance
Amphoteric
Exothermic
Analysis
Crystallization
36. A property of a solution that depends primarily on the concentration - not the type of particles present
Catalyst
Atom
Alkyl
Colligative propery
37. Particles larger than those found in a solution but smaller than those in a suspension
Anion
Fixation of nitrogen
Boiling point
Colloids
38. An ion or particle that has a negative charge and thus is attracted to a positively charged anode
Exothermic
Anion
Bond energy
Fahrenheit scale
39. A chance that alters the atomic structures of the substances involved and results in different properties
Cathode
Covalent bonding
Exothermic
Chemical change
40. Nuclear reaction that releases energy because of the splitting of large nuclei into smaller ones
Electron volt
Electroplating
Fission
Dipole-dipole attraction
41. Ethyl alcohol that has been poisoned in order to produce a cheaper alcohol for industrial purposes
Amorphous
Bond energy
Denatured alcohol
Deuterium
42. One of the "building blocks" of proteins; contains one or more NH2- groups that have replaced the same number of hydrogen atoms in an organic acid
Diffusion
Enthalpy
Amino acid
Amorphous
43. Continuous zigzagging movement of colloidal particles in a dispersing medium - as viewed through and ultramicroscope
Brownian movement
Bonding
Crystallization
Bond energy
44. 1/2 the distance between adjacent nuclei in the crystalline or solid phase of an element; distance from the atomic nucleus to the valence electrons
Acid salt
Atomic radius
chemistry
Einstein equation
45. A compound derived from another compound by the removal of water; it will combine with water to form an acid (acidic anhydride) or base (basic anhydride)
Alloy
Endothermic
Colloids
Anhydride
46. A nonmetallic oxide that - when placed in water - reacts to form an an acid solution
Cyclotron
Acidic anhydride
Atom
Aromatic compound
47. The process of first vaporizing a liquid and then condensing the vapor back into a liquid - leaving behind the nonvolatile impurities
Cation
Aldehyde
distillation
Fallout
48. A. change from gas to liquid B. the combination of molecules without water
Beta particles
Denatured alcohol
Condensation
Diffusion
49. Streams of electrons given off by the cathode of a vacuum tube
Absorption
Cathode rays
Emulsion
Dew point
50. Solid carbon dioxide
Entropy
Emulsion
Dry ice
Cathode rays