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SAT Subject Test: Chemistry Vocab
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1. Having no definite crystalline structure
Condensation
Chemical property
Amorphous
Absorption
2. Capacity to do work
Energy
Calorie
Endothermic
Electrolysis
3. Particles larger than those found in a solution but smaller than those in a suspension
Atomic mass
Filteration
erg
Colloids
4. Substance that takes water from another substance
Dew point
Esterification
Chain reaction
Dehydrating agent
5. The process of separating the ions in a compound by means of electrically charged poles
Electrolysis
Electrolyte
Amphoteric
Dehydrate
6. Unit for expressing the kinetic energy of subatomic particles; the energy acquired by an electron when it is accelerated by a potential difference of 1 volt
Bonding
Esterification
Electron volt
Base
7. Negatively charged particle - Mass is 9.109x10(-28)
Amino acid
Binary
Dry ice
Electron
8. The highest temperature at which water vapor condenses out of the air
Dew point
Electrode potential
Electron
Atom
9. A nonmetallic oxide that - when placed in water - reacts to form an an acid solution
Chemical property
Acidic anhydride
Electron
Control rod
10. Solid carbon dioxide
Entropy
Dry ice
Enthalpy
Activation energy
11. An ion that has a positive charge
Cation
Bonding
Base
Empirical formula
12. A temperature scale divided into 100 equal divisions and based on water freezing at 0 degress and boiling at 100 degrees
Celsius scale
Dialysis
erg
Alkaline
13. Continuous zigzagging movement of colloidal particles in a dispersing medium - as viewed through and ultramicroscope
Effusion
Actinide series
Brownian movement
Binary
14. Referring to any substance that has basic properties
Alkaline
Electroplating
Beta particles
Diffusion
15. A substance that speeds up or slows down a reaction without being permanently changed itself
Catalyst
Coordinate covalence
Deliquesence
Element
16. Graduated glass tube into which gases are placed and subjected to an electric spark; measures the individual volumes of combining gases
Denatured alcohol
eudiometer
Decomposition
Barometer
17. 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
Chain reaction
Double bond
Efflorescence
Brownian movement
18. 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
Coordinate covalence
Acid
Colloids
Amphoteric
19. The flow of a gas through a small aperture
Equilibrium
Cation
Effusion
Esterification
20. A chemical action in which both heat and light are given off
Combustion
Filteration
Atomic mass
Activation energy
21. A metallic oxide that forms a base when placed in water
Basic anhydride
Calorie
Denatured alcohol
Alpha particles
22. A terminal of an electrolytic cell
Decomposition
Electrode
Absorption
Binary
23. The smallest particle of an element that retains the properties of that element and can enter into a chemical reaction
Atom
Colloids
Effusion
Beta particles
24. The electrode in an electrolytic cell that is negatively charged and attracts positive ions
Double bond
Cathode
Effusion
Amine
25. Substance that - when added to a solution - makes changing the pH of the solution more difficule
Buffer
Atmosphere
Effervescence
Fallout
26. The temperature above which no gas can be liquefied - regardless of the pressure applied
Critical temperature
Electrolytic cell
Fallout
Binary
27. The rapid escape of excess gas that has been dissolved into a liquid
Colligative propery
Beta particles
Denatured alcohol
Effervescence
28. In metallurgy: a substance that helps to melt and remove the solid impurities as slag
Flux
Ductile
Amphoteric
Dissociation (ionic)
29. Colloidal substance that forms a film about the particles of two immiscible liquids so that one remains suspended in the other
Fahrenheit scale
Dry ice
Antichlor
Emulsifying agent
30. The average mass of a number; bottom number on the element
Ductile
Alkyl
Deliquesence
Atomic mass
31. The process by which suspended matter is removed from a liquid by passing the liquid through a porous material
Filteration
Flux
Compound
Cation
32. The energy needed to break a chemical bond and form a neutral atom
Bond energy
Denatured alcohol
distillation
Fixation of nitrogen
33. The layer of gasses surrounding the earth - A unit of pressure (1 atm = 760mm of Hg or torr)
Antichlor
Atmosphere
Anhydrous
Alkyl
34. The process of taking up by capillary - osmotic - chemical - or solvent action - as a sponge absorbs water
Acid
Celsius scale
Chemical change
Absorption
35. Capable of being drawn into a thing wire
Ductile
Endothermic
Amine
Atom
36. Covalence in which both electrons in a pair come from the same atom
Beta particles
Activation energy
Coordinate covalence
Colloids
37. Forms of the same element that differ in their crystalline structures
Anhydride
Allotropic forms
Entropy
Deliquesence
38. An organic salt formed by the reaction of an alcohol with an acid
Ester
Catalyst
erg
Dipole-dipole attraction
39. Suspension of fine particles or droplets of one liquid in another - the two liquids being immiscible in each other; surrounded by an emulsifying agent
Combustion
Dehydrate
Emulsion
Enthalpy
40. A reaction in which two chemical substances exchange ions with the formation of two new compounds
Activation energy
Fission
Atmosphere
Double displacement
41. The minimum energy necessary to start a reaction
Diffusion
Chemical property
Alloy
Activation energy
42. One of the building blacks matter is composed of - only one type of atom; cannot be further decomposed
Element
Displacement
Anhydride
Covalent bonding
43. Referring to a compound composed of two elements such as water
distillation
Binary
chemistry
Emulsifying agent
44. A compound whose basic structure contains the benzene ring; it usually has an odor
Alloy
Aromatic compound
Destructive distillation
Chemical change
45. A water wolution that contains an excess of hydroxide ions; a proton acceptor; a base turns litmus paper blue and neutralizes acids to form salts
Electrolyte
Dry ice
Alcohol
Base
46. An instrument used to measure the amount of heat liberated or absorbed during a change
Calorimeter
Atomic mass
Dry ice
Electrolyte
47. A specially treated and finely divided form of carbon - which possesses a high degree of absorbtion
Crystalline
Electrode potential
Alkali
Activated Charcoal
48. Loss by a substance of its water of hydration on exposure to air at ordinary temperatures
Efflorescence
Esterification
Dehydrate
Alkaline
49. Temperature measured on the absolute scale - which has its origin at absolute zero
Equation
Deliquesence
Flux
Absolute temperature
50. Chemical reaction that results in the giving off of heat
Carbon dating
Control rod
Atom
Exothermic