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SAT Subject Test: Chemistry Vocab
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1. The minimum energy necessary to start a reaction
Activation energy
Activated Charcoal
Equation
Cathode rays
2. An instrument used to measure the amount of heat liberated or absorbed during a change
Emulsion
Alkaline
adsorbtion
Calorimeter
3. The use of radioactive carbon-14 to estimate the ages of ancient materials - such as archaeological or paleontological specimens
Chemical property
Filteration
Carbon dating
chemistry
4. High=speed - negatively charged electrons emitted in radiations
Effervescence
Electrolytic cell
Bonding
Beta particles
5. A substance that speeds up or slows down a reaction without being permanently changed itself
Catalyst
Emulsion
Alkyl
Bonding
6. One of the building blacks matter is composed of - only one type of atom; cannot be further decomposed
Buffer
chemistry
Amine
Element
7. Positively charged helium nuclei
Amine
Bond energy
Alpha particles
Flux
8. 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)
Deuterium
Anhydride
Brownian movement
Density
9. A compound such as CH3NH2 - derived from ammonia by substituting one or more hydro-carbon radicals for hydrogen atoms
Aromatic compound
Amorphous
Amino acid
Amine
10. Temperature measured on the absolute scale - which has its origin at absolute zero
Alkali
Covalent bonding
Absolute temperature
Filteration
11. Bonding accomplished through the sharing of electrons so that atoms can fill their outer shells
Critical mass
Binary
Covalent bonding
Calorimeter
12. Residual radioactivity from an atmospheric nuclear test - eventually settles on the surface of the earth
Aromatic compound
Fallout
erg
Colloids
13. 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
Bond energy
eudiometer
Fallout
14. The highest temperature at which water vapor condenses out of the air
Boiling point
Dew point
Anion
Aldehyde
15. A compound whose basic structure contains the benzene ring; it usually has an odor
Chain reaction
Aromatic compound
Crystalline
Electroplating
16. A cell in which electrolysis is carried out
Absolute temperature
Electrolytic cell
Bond energy
Chemical change
17. The temperature at which the vapor pressure of a liquid equals the atmospheric pressure
Boiling point
Calorimeter
Covalent bonding
Activated Charcoal
18. A property of a solution that depends primarily on the concentration - not the type of particles present
Alkali
adsorbtion
Filteration
Colligative propery
19. The smallest amount of fissionable material that will sustain a chain reaction
Entropy
Critical mass
Esterification
Electrode potential
20. 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
Bonding
Electron
erg
Destructive distillation
21. The rapid escape of excess gas that has been dissolved into a liquid
Colloids
Effervescence
Absorption
Atomic mass
22. Having definite molecular or ionic structure
Dry ice
Amorphous
Crystalline
Calorimeter
23. 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
Calorimeter
Electrolytic cell
Amino acid
Combustion
24. An organic salt formed by the reaction of an alcohol with an acid
Celsius scale
Ester
Covalent bonding
Energy
25. The electrode in an electrolytic cell that is negatively charged and attracts positive ions
Chain reaction
adsorbtion
Beta particles
Cathode
26. A specially treated and finely divided form of carbon - which possesses a high degree of absorbtion
Cyclotron
Dialysis
Filteration
Activated Charcoal
27. An instrument - invented by Toricelli in 1643 - used for measuring atmospheric pressure
Covalent bonding
Chemical property
Chain reaction
Barometer
28. A chance that alters the atomic structures of the substances involved and results in different properties
Chemical change
Chemical property
Destructive distillation
Dipole-dipole attraction
29. Chemical reaction that results in the giving off of heat
Electroplating
Anion
Exothermic
Calorimeter
30. Substance that takes water from another substance
Atomic mass
Bond energy
Dehydrating agent
Deliquesence
31. The energy needed to break a chemical bond and form a neutral atom
Emulsifying agent
Cyclotron
Fission
Bond energy
32. A terminal of an electrolytic cell
Dew point
Alpha particles
Electrode
Emulsion
33. Determines how a substance will behave in a chemical reaction
Chemical property
Electrode
Coordinate covalence
Cation
34. The breaking down of a compound into two or more simpler substances
Electronegativity
Entropy
Analysis
Dipole-dipole attraction
35. 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
Allotropic forms
eudiometer
Alkaline
36. The series of radioactive elements starting with actinium - No. 89 - and ending with lawrencium - No. 103
Atmosphere
Actinide series
Chemical change
Crystallization
37. The temperature above which no gas can be liquefied - regardless of the pressure applied
Dehydrating agent
Emulsifying agent
Electrode
Critical temperature
38. The smallest particle of an element that retains the properties of that element and can enter into a chemical reaction
Allotropic forms
Effusion
Avagadro's number
Atom
39. The layer of gasses surrounding the earth - A unit of pressure (1 atm = 760mm of Hg or torr)
Denatured alcohol
Enthalpy
Atmosphere
Emulsifying agent
40. Absorbtion by a substance of water from the air - so that the substance becomes wet
Deliquesence
Electron
Ductile
Amorphous
41. A liquid that will conduct and electric current
Energy
Electrolyte
Alkaline
Effusion
42. A unit of heat; the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1 degree on the celcius scale
Alpha particles
Acid
Calorie
Cathode rays
43. Nuclear reactor in which more fissionable material is produced than is used up during operation
Carbon dating
Breeder reactor
Absolute temperature
Emulsifying agent
44. 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
Anhydrous
Atomic radius
Analysis
Acidic anhydride
45. A temperature scale divided into 100 equal divisions and based on water freezing at 0 degress and boiling at 100 degrees
Celsius scale
Electrode
Diffusion
Dew point
46. Capacity to do work
Energy
Antichlor
Actinide series
chemistry
47. A substance used to remove the excess chlorine in the bleaching process
Fallout
Absolute temperature
Antichlor
eudiometer
48. Negatively charged particle - Mass is 9.109x10(-28)
Electrode
Allotropic forms
Electron
Atom
49. The process of separating the ions in a compound by means of electrically charged poles
Crystalline
Electrolysis
Absorption
Ether
50. A change by which an element takes the place of another element in a compound
Displacement
Decomposition
Compound
Catalyst