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SAT Subject Test: Chemistry Vocab
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1. The layer of gasses surrounding the earth - A unit of pressure (1 atm = 760mm of Hg or torr)
Atmosphere
Amino acid
Cyclotron
Dissociation (ionic)
2. A liquid that will conduct and electric current
Dew point
Electrolyte
Fallout
Celsius scale
3. A device used to accelerate charged particles to high energies for bombarding the nuclei of atoms
Chemical property
Calorie
Equilibrium
Cyclotron
4. Loss by a substance of its water of hydration on exposure to air at ordinary temperatures
Efflorescence
Critical temperature
Crystalline
Electrolytic cell
5. A compound whose basic structure contains the benzene ring; it usually has an odor
Anhydrous
Colloids
Filteration
Aromatic compound
6. Streams of electrons given off by the cathode of a vacuum tube
Electron volt
Cathode rays
Electrode
Diffusion
7. A temperature scale divided into 100 equal divisions and based on water freezing at 0 degress and boiling at 100 degrees
Celsius scale
Double displacement
Alkyl
Equilibrium
8. A substance composed of two or more metals - which are intimately mixed; usually made by melting the metals together
Esterification
Aldehyde
Alloy
Acid
9. A relatively weak force of attraction between polar molecules; a component of van der Waals forces
Einstein equation
Ductile
Denatured alcohol
Dipole-dipole attraction
10. Isotope of hydrogen - sometimes called heavy hydrogen - with an atomic weight of 2
Deuterium
Flux
Endothermic
Dissociation (ionic)
11. Heat content of a chemical system
Element
Enthalpy
Combustion
Endothermic
12. Covalence in which both electrons in a pair come from the same atom
Combustion
Emulsion
Element
Coordinate covalence
13. The temperature at which the vapor pressure of a liquid equals the atmospheric pressure
Cathode
Boiling point
Emulsion
Binary
14. Having no definite crystalline structure
Cathode rays
Amorphous
Aldehyde
Base
15. Chemical reaction that results in the giving off of heat
Dehydrating agent
Exothermic
Avagadro's number
Aromatic compound
16. The process of first vaporizing a liquid and then condensing the vapor back into a liquid - leaving behind the nonvolatile impurities
Brownian movement
Alkaline
Ether
distillation
17. Capable of being drawn into a thing wire
Entropy
Ductile
Fixation of nitrogen
Crystallization
18. Containing no water
Alpha particles
Displacement
Anhydrous
Electron
19. High=speed - negatively charged electrons emitted in radiations
Electronegativity
Basic anhydride
Electroplating
Beta particles
20. The use of radioactive carbon-14 to estimate the ages of ancient materials - such as archaeological or paleontological specimens
Chemical property
Entropy
Carbon dating
Fallout
21. Top number on periodic table - The number of protons in the nucleus - The number of electrons in an atom
Atomic number
Exothermic
Condensation
Actinide series
22. A change by which an element takes the place of another element in a compound
Displacement
Dew point
Entropy
Atom
23. Temperature measured on the absolute scale - which has its origin at absolute zero
Electrode potential
Absolute temperature
Coordinate covalence
Electronegativity
24. 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
Fixation of nitrogen
Electron volt
Entropy
Electroplating
25. Suspension of fine particles or droplets of one liquid in another - the two liquids being immiscible in each other; surrounded by an emulsifying agent
Emulsion
Absolute temperature
Exothermic
Equilibrium
26. 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
Brownian movement
Amino acid
Critical mass
Dialysis
27. The numerical expression of the relative strength with which the atoms of an element attract valence electrons to themselves; the higher the number - the greater the attraction
Ester
Electronegativity
Enthalpy
adsorbtion
28. An ion or particle that has a negative charge and thus is attracted to a positively charged anode
Electrolytic cell
Alloy
Condensation
Anion
29. Temperature scale that has 32 as freezing point and 212 as boiling point
Anhydride
Empirical formula
Fahrenheit scale
Analysis
30. The difference in potential between an electrode and the solution in which it is immpesed
chemistry
Electrode potential
Dissociation (ionic)
Crystallization
31. An organic hydroxyl compound formed by relacing one or more hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon with equal number of hydroxyl (OH) groups
Alcohol
Dissociation (ionic)
Empirical formula
Critical mass
32. Depositing a thin layer of metallic element on the surface of another metal by electrolysis
Chemical property
Electroplating
Acidic anhydride
Carbon dating
33. A metallic oxide that forms a base when placed in water
Combustion
Electrolysis
Basic anhydride
Activated Charcoal
34. A substituent obtained from a saturated hydrocarbon by removing one hydrogen atom -Examples: methyl(CH3) ethyl(C2H5)
Alkyl
Amine
Coordinate covalence
Efflorescence
35. The measure of disorder in a system
distillation
Entropy
Atmosphere
Effusion
36. Breaking down of a compound into simpler substances or constituent elements
Electronegativity
Anhydrous
Cation
Decomposition
37. An instrument used to measure the amount of heat liberated or absorbed during a change
Calorimeter
Equation
Carbon dating
Atom
38. Having definite molecular or ionic structure
Crystalline
Electron
Effervescence
Einstein equation
39. Shorthand method of showing the changes that take place in a chemical reaction
Empirical formula
Dry ice
Chain reaction
Equation
40. A compound such as CH3NH2 - derived from ammonia by substituting one or more hydro-carbon radicals for hydrogen atoms
Amine
eudiometer
Binary
Anhydrous
41. Bonding accomplished through the sharing of electrons so that atoms can fill their outer shells
Covalent bonding
Catalyst
Activation energy
Element
42. The temperature above which no gas can be liquefied - regardless of the pressure applied
Buffer
Critical temperature
Colloids
Amorphous
43. The average mass of a number; bottom number on the element
Alpha particles
Dehydrating agent
Cathode
Atomic mass
44. Continuous zigzagging movement of colloidal particles in a dispersing medium - as viewed through and ultramicroscope
Alcohol
Brownian movement
Electrode
Electrolyte
45. Chemical reaction between an alcohol and an acid - in which an ester is formed
Endothermic
Fission
Base
Esterification
46. Capacity to do work
Energy
Dry ice
Electrode
Electron volt
47. 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
Ductile
Avagadro's number
Chemical change
Bonding
48. The minimum energy necessary to start a reaction
Dipole-dipole attraction
Ester
Activation energy
Electrolysis
49. The process whereby gases or liquids intermingle freely of their own accord
Diffusion
Aromatic compound
Deliquesence
adsorbtion
50. Determines how a substance will behave in a chemical reaction
Enthalpy
Efflorescence
Chemical property
Dipole-dipole attraction