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SAT Subject Test: Chemistry Vocab
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1. Continuous zigzagging movement of colloidal particles in a dispersing medium - as viewed through and ultramicroscope
Crystallization
Emulsion
Brownian movement
Atmosphere
2. The process of forming definitely shaped crystals when water is evaporated from a solution of the substance
Deliquesence
Cathode rays
Crystallization
Alcohol
3. An organic salt formed by the reaction of an alcohol with an acid
Ester
Electronegativity
Dehydrate
Dew point
4. A temperature scale divided into 100 equal divisions and based on water freezing at 0 degress and boiling at 100 degrees
Aldehyde
Equilibrium
Celsius scale
Dehydrate
5. Process for converting atmospheric nitrogen into compounds
Fixation of nitrogen
Dew point
Esterification
Cyclotron
6. The process whereby gases or liquids intermingle freely of their own accord
Diffusion
Celsius scale
Bonding
Filteration
7. Absorbtion by a substance of water from the air - so that the substance becomes wet
Aromatic compound
Deliquesence
Emulsion
Destructive distillation
8. An instrument - invented by Toricelli in 1643 - used for measuring atmospheric pressure
Barometer
Atom
Filteration
Avagadro's number
9. The use of radioactive carbon-14 to estimate the ages of ancient materials - such as archaeological or paleontological specimens
Density
Control rod
Equilibrium
Carbon dating
10. The series of radioactive elements starting with actinium - No. 89 - and ending with lawrencium - No. 103
Actinide series
Colligative propery
Critical temperature
Dialysis
11. The measure of disorder in a system
Entropy
Cathode rays
Cyclotron
Dipole-dipole attraction
12. Nuclear reaction that releases energy because of the splitting of large nuclei into smaller ones
Fission
Electrolysis
Deliquesence
Fixation of nitrogen
13. The difference in potential between an electrode and the solution in which it is immpesed
Anion
Electron volt
Cyclotron
Electrode potential
14. Organic compound containing the -O- group
Ether
Chemical change
Fission
Dew point
15. Breaking down of a compound into simpler substances or constituent elements
Dipole-dipole attraction
Decomposition
Analysis
Cyclotron
16. Having no definite crystalline structure
Amorphous
Activation energy
Double bond
Filteration
17. The energy needed to break a chemical bond and form a neutral atom
Bond energy
Esterification
distillation
Electron volt
18. Residual radioactivity from an atmospheric nuclear test - eventually settles on the surface of the earth
Amino acid
Fallout
Effusion
Diffusion
19. A substance composed of two or more metals - which are intimately mixed; usually made by melting the metals together
Alloy
Entropy
Amorphous
Fallout
20. A property of a solution that depends primarily on the concentration - not the type of particles present
distillation
Emulsion
Colligative propery
Electron
21. Top number on periodic table - The number of protons in the nucleus - The number of electrons in an atom
Fission
Dissociation (ionic)
Denatured alcohol
Atomic number
22. Positively charged helium nuclei
Alpha particles
Anhydride
Activation energy
Effusion
23. A chemical action in which both heat and light are given off
Aldehyde
Combustion
Boiling point
Alcohol
24. A bond between atoms involving two electron pairs - unsaturated
Anion
Double bond
Chemical property
Fahrenheit scale
25. Science concerned with the compositions of substances and the changes that they undergo
Decomposition
Empirical formula
eudiometer
chemistry
26. Nuclear reactor in which more fissionable material is produced than is used up during operation
Critical mass
Deuterium
Equilibrium
Breeder reactor
27. A. change from gas to liquid B. the combination of molecules without water
Effusion
Electrolytic cell
Equation
Condensation
28. The number of molecules in 1 gram-molecular volume of a substance - or the number of atoms in 1 gram-atomic mass of an element 6.02 x 10(-27)
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29. A terminal of an electrolytic cell
Ether
Dry ice
Exothermic
Electrode
30. A cell in which electrolysis is carried out
Catalyst
Electrolytic cell
Double bond
Chemical property
31. Substance that - when added to a solution - makes changing the pH of the solution more difficule
Chemical property
Atom
Buffer
Ester
32. The process of taking up by capillary - osmotic - chemical - or solvent action - as a sponge absorbs water
Absorption
Chain reaction
Efflorescence
Ether
33. An ion or particle that has a negative charge and thus is attracted to a positively charged anode
Electronegativity
Base
Anion
Actinide series
34. Rod of certain metal such as cadmium - which controls the speed of the chain reaction by absorbing neutrons in a nuclear reactor
Alpha particles
Control rod
Acid salt
Dew point
35. Ethyl alcohol that has been poisoned in order to produce a cheaper alcohol for industrial purposes
Condensation
Anion
Denatured alcohol
Aromatic compound
36. One of the building blacks matter is composed of - only one type of atom; cannot be further decomposed
Empirical formula
Element
Colloids
Einstein equation
37. The flow of a gas through a small aperture
Ductile
Effusion
chemistry
Condensation
38. Particles larger than those found in a solution but smaller than those in a suspension
Enthalpy
Anhydride
Colloids
Carbon dating
39. The temperature at which the vapor pressure of a liquid equals the atmospheric pressure
Decomposition
Compound
Effusion
Boiling point
40. A liquid that will conduct and electric current
Electrolyte
Bond energy
Atmosphere
Flux
41. A relatively weak force of attraction between polar molecules; a component of van der Waals forces
Control rod
Dipole-dipole attraction
Barometer
Basic anhydride
42. The highest temperature at which water vapor condenses out of the air
Amino acid
Electrode potential
Dew point
Dissociation (ionic)
43. Organic compound formed by dehydrating oxidized alcohol; contains the characteristic - CHO group
Atomic radius
Aldehyde
Control rod
Coordinate covalence
44. Graduated glass tube into which gases are placed and subjected to an electric spark; measures the individual volumes of combining gases
Entropy
Equation
eudiometer
Decomposition
45. Streams of electrons given off by the cathode of a vacuum tube
Deliquesence
Atomic number
Dry ice
Cathode rays
46. To take water from a substance
Absorption
Basic anhydride
Dehydrate
Combustion
47. Loss by a substance of its water of hydration on exposure to air at ordinary temperatures
Efflorescence
Brownian movement
Colligative propery
Buffer
48. A device used to accelerate charged particles to high energies for bombarding the nuclei of atoms
Alkaline
Carbon dating
Bond energy
Cyclotron
49. Suspension of fine particles or droplets of one liquid in another - the two liquids being immiscible in each other; surrounded by an emulsifying agent
Density
Base
Empirical formula
Emulsion
50. Chemical reaction between an alcohol and an acid - in which an ester is formed
Esterification
Electrolytic cell
Anhydride
Condensation