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SAT Subject Test: Chemistry Vocab
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1. 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
Alloy
Electron
Base
distillation
2. A substituent obtained from a saturated hydrocarbon by removing one hydrogen atom -Examples: methyl(CH3) ethyl(C2H5)
Base
Electrolysis
Alkyl
Activated Charcoal
3. Negatively charged particle - Mass is 9.109x10(-28)
Electron
Amine
Electron volt
eudiometer
4. The highest temperature at which water vapor condenses out of the air
Dew point
Atomic mass
Anion
Allotropic forms
5. An ion or particle that has a negative charge and thus is attracted to a positively charged anode
Cyclotron
Dialysis
Decomposition
Anion
6. Determines how a substance will behave in a chemical reaction
Activated Charcoal
Chemical property
adsorbtion
Cathode
7. Organic compound formed by dehydrating oxidized alcohol; contains the characteristic - CHO group
Colligative propery
Deuterium
Critical mass
Aldehyde
8. Streams of electrons given off by the cathode of a vacuum tube
Allotropic forms
Absolute temperature
Cathode rays
Basic anhydride
9. A bond between atoms involving two electron pairs - unsaturated
Antichlor
Dissociation (ionic)
Dialysis
Double bond
10. Chemical reaction that results in the giving off of heat
Atomic mass
Allotropic forms
Exothermic
Double displacement
11. Ethyl alcohol that has been poisoned in order to produce a cheaper alcohol for industrial purposes
Compound
Energy
Denatured alcohol
Barometer
12. Suspension of fine particles or droplets of one liquid in another - the two liquids being immiscible in each other; surrounded by an emulsifying agent
Dew point
Dipole-dipole attraction
Cathode
Emulsion
13. Graduated glass tube into which gases are placed and subjected to an electric spark; measures the individual volumes of combining gases
Emulsion
Catalyst
eudiometer
Combustion
14. A device used to accelerate charged particles to high energies for bombarding the nuclei of atoms
Aromatic compound
Deuterium
Cyclotron
Dissociation (ionic)
15. Temperature scale that has 32 as freezing point and 212 as boiling point
adsorbtion
Combustion
Fahrenheit scale
Double bond
16. 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
Ductile
Chain reaction
Catalyst
Electron volt
17. Temperature measured on the absolute scale - which has its origin at absolute zero
Absolute temperature
Energy
Amorphous
Empirical formula
18. Particles larger than those found in a solution but smaller than those in a suspension
Colloids
Electron
Atom
Effervescence
19. A nonmetallic oxide that - when placed in water - reacts to form an an acid solution
Bond energy
Displacement
Emulsion
Acidic anhydride
20. The mass per unit volume of a substance; mathematical formula D=m/V
Condensation
Density
Atomic radius
Ether
21. A salt formed by replacing part of the hydrogen ions of a dibasic or tribasic acid with metallic ions - Examples: NaHSO4 - NaH2PO4
Celsius scale
Buffer
Acid salt
Fallout
22. The energy needed to break a chemical bond and form a neutral atom
Bond energy
Displacement
Dehydrating agent
Buffer
23. 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
Efflorescence
Acid
Electroplating
Emulsifying agent
24. Science concerned with the compositions of substances and the changes that they undergo
eudiometer
chemistry
Electronegativity
Electrolytic cell
25. 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
Entropy
Decomposition
Bonding
Absorption
26. Depositing a thin layer of metallic element on the surface of another metal by electrolysis
Electroplating
Colligative propery
Emulsion
Double bond
27. The smallest particle of an element that retains the properties of that element and can enter into a chemical reaction
Activated Charcoal
Atom
Electrolytic cell
Chain reaction
28. A terminal of an electrolytic cell
Covalent bonding
Electrode
Equilibrium
chemistry
29. Unit of energy done by 1 dyne (1/980 g of force) acting through a distance of 1 cm; 2.4 x 10 (-11) kcal
Deliquesence
Dehydrate
erg
Dry ice
30. Having no definite crystalline structure
Dipole-dipole attraction
Cation
Bonding
Amorphous
31. The temperature at which the vapor pressure of a liquid equals the atmospheric pressure
Electrolysis
Boiling point
Efflorescence
Electrolytic cell
32. The process whereby gases or liquids intermingle freely of their own accord
Cyclotron
Diffusion
Dew point
Boiling point
33. Capable of being drawn into a thing wire
Ductile
Control rod
Coordinate covalence
Condensation
34. Shorthand method of showing the changes that take place in a chemical reaction
Ester
Buffer
Chain reaction
Equation
35. Residual radioactivity from an atmospheric nuclear test - eventually settles on the surface of the earth
Ester
Double displacement
Atomic number
Fallout
36. 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
Electrode
Chain reaction
Fahrenheit scale
Dissociation (ionic)
37. 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
Colligative propery
Electrolytic cell
adsorbtion
Emulsion
38. Solid carbon dioxide
Esterification
Endothermic
Dry ice
Decomposition
39. A metallic oxide that forms a base when placed in water
Dew point
Basic anhydride
Actinide series
Absorption
40. Referring to a compound composed of two elements such as water
Absorption
Binary
Electrolyte
Chain reaction
41. An organic salt formed by the reaction of an alcohol with an acid
Ester
distillation
Binary
Activation energy
42. The rapid escape of excess gas that has been dissolved into a liquid
Antichlor
Entropy
Effervescence
Amorphous
43. The process of separating the ions in a compound by means of electrically charged poles
Electrode
Combustion
Electrolysis
Alkaline
44. A chance that alters the atomic structures of the substances involved and results in different properties
Cathode
Chemical change
adsorbtion
Bond energy
45. The series of radioactive elements starting with actinium - No. 89 - and ending with lawrencium - No. 103
Exothermic
Covalent bonding
Emulsifying agent
Actinide series
46. An instrument used to measure the amount of heat liberated or absorbed during a change
Electrolysis
Ester
Calorimeter
Critical temperature
47. Nuclear reactor in which more fissionable material is produced than is used up during operation
Calorie
Avagadro's number
Esterification
Breeder reactor
48. A specially treated and finely divided form of carbon - which possesses a high degree of absorbtion
Double displacement
Activated Charcoal
Efflorescence
Effusion
49. Absorbtion by a substance of water from the air - so that the substance becomes wet
Amino acid
Deliquesence
Fallout
Decomposition
50. Having definite molecular or ionic structure
Carbon dating
Binary
Crystalline
Critical temperature