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SAT Subject Test: Chemistry Vocab
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1. High=speed - negatively charged electrons emitted in radiations
Dew point
Aldehyde
Celsius scale
Beta particles
2. Process of heating an organic substance - such as coal - in the absence of air to break it down into solid and volatile products
Effusion
Element
Destructive distillation
Efflorescence
3. A liquid that will conduct and electric current
Dissociation (ionic)
Bonding
erg
Electrolyte
4. A cell in which electrolysis is carried out
Deuterium
Deliquesence
Electron
Electrolytic cell
5. Isotope of hydrogen - sometimes called heavy hydrogen - with an atomic weight of 2
Electrode
Dew point
Double bond
Deuterium
6. Science concerned with the compositions of substances and the changes that they undergo
chemistry
Cation
Cathode rays
Celsius scale
7. Negatively charged particle - Mass is 9.109x10(-28)
Emulsifying agent
Dehydrate
Coordinate covalence
Electron
8. Organic compound formed by dehydrating oxidized alcohol; contains the characteristic - CHO group
Dissociation (ionic)
Acidic anhydride
Aldehyde
Diffusion
9. The series of radioactive elements starting with actinium - No. 89 - and ending with lawrencium - No. 103
Energy
Acid salt
Actinide series
Atomic mass
10. 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
Bonding
Acid salt
eudiometer
Base
11. Capable of being drawn into a thing wire
Dew point
Ductile
Cathode
Combustion
12. Bonding accomplished through the sharing of electrons so that atoms can fill their outer shells
Atmosphere
Double bond
Base
Covalent bonding
13. An ion that has a positive charge
Electrolyte
Cation
Anhydrous
Antichlor
14. 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)
Anhydride
Base
Ester
Actinide series
15. A compound whose basic structure contains the benzene ring; it usually has an odor
Dehydrating agent
Aromatic compound
Emulsion
Empirical formula
16. The process of first vaporizing a liquid and then condensing the vapor back into a liquid - leaving behind the nonvolatile impurities
Chain reaction
Atmosphere
Celsius scale
distillation
17. Usually - a strong base - such as Sodium hydroxide - potassium hydroxide
Endothermic
Alkali
Alpha particles
Compound
18. A device used to accelerate charged particles to high energies for bombarding the nuclei of atoms
Cyclotron
Filteration
Acid salt
Cathode rays
19. A compound such as CH3NH2 - derived from ammonia by substituting one or more hydro-carbon radicals for hydrogen atoms
Amine
Critical mass
Base
Entropy
20. The highest temperature at which water vapor condenses out of the air
Colligative propery
Efflorescence
Alpha particles
Dew point
21. The temperature at which the vapor pressure of a liquid equals the atmospheric pressure
Boiling point
Alpha particles
Compound
Atomic mass
22. 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
Endothermic
Electronegativity
Coordinate covalence
Emulsifying agent
23. Colloidal substance that forms a film about the particles of two immiscible liquids so that one remains suspended in the other
Deuterium
Emulsifying agent
Electrolysis
Filteration
24. Positively charged helium nuclei
Esterification
Atom
Alpha particles
Dipole-dipole attraction
25. An instrument - invented by Toricelli in 1643 - used for measuring atmospheric pressure
Barometer
Critical mass
Catalyst
Dehydrate
26. A terminal of an electrolytic cell
Electrode
Electron volt
Acidic anhydride
Atmosphere
27. The process of taking up by capillary - osmotic - chemical - or solvent action - as a sponge absorbs water
Efflorescence
distillation
Absorption
Barometer
28. A relatively weak force of attraction between polar molecules; a component of van der Waals forces
Dipole-dipole attraction
Energy
Deuterium
Ether
29. Substance that takes water from another substance
Electrolytic cell
Fahrenheit scale
Equation
Dehydrating agent
30. Absorbtion by a substance of water from the air - so that the substance becomes wet
Filteration
Anhydrous
Deliquesence
Celsius scale
31. Chemical reaction that results in the giving off of heat
Base
Exothermic
Carbon dating
Cyclotron
32. In metallurgy: a substance that helps to melt and remove the solid impurities as slag
Deuterium
Covalent bonding
Cathode
Flux
33. A change by which an element takes the place of another element in a compound
Fahrenheit scale
Cathode
Atom
Displacement
34. 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
Electrode potential
Amino acid
Denatured alcohol
chemistry
35. A reaction in which two chemical substances exchange ions with the formation of two new compounds
Alkyl
Double displacement
Brownian movement
Diffusion
36. Forms of the same element that differ in their crystalline structures
Destructive distillation
Alkali
Enthalpy
Allotropic forms
37. Rod of certain metal such as cadmium - which controls the speed of the chain reaction by absorbing neutrons in a nuclear reactor
Endothermic
Double bond
Base
Control rod
38. An instrument used to measure the amount of heat liberated or absorbed during a change
Breeder reactor
Denatured alcohol
Calorimeter
Fission
39. Chemical reaction that results in an absorption of heat
Density
Endothermic
Anion
Atom
40. 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
Covalent bonding
Chain reaction
Catalyst
Electrode potential
41. The process whereby gases or liquids intermingle freely of their own accord
Brownian movement
Diffusion
Dissociation (ionic)
Einstein equation
42. Nuclear reaction that releases energy because of the splitting of large nuclei into smaller ones
Displacement
Empirical formula
Colloids
Fission
43. 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
Atom
Atomic radius
adsorbtion
Colligative propery
44. 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
Amine
Electrode potential
Condensation
adsorbtion
45. The smallest particle of an element that retains the properties of that element and can enter into a chemical reaction
Double bond
Aromatic compound
Atom
Condensation
46. Depositing a thin layer of metallic element on the surface of another metal by electrolysis
Electroplating
Dry ice
Compound
Diffusion
47. Top number on periodic table - The number of protons in the nucleus - The number of electrons in an atom
Electrode potential
Atomic number
Electron
Base
48. Capacity to do work
Fixation of nitrogen
Energy
Colloids
Crystallization
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
Barometer
Acid salt
Emulsion
Cathode rays
50. One of the building blacks matter is composed of - only one type of atom; cannot be further decomposed
adsorbtion
Electron
Atomic number
Element