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SAT Subject Test: Chemistry Vocab
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1. The process of taking up by capillary - osmotic - chemical - or solvent action - as a sponge absorbs water
Absorption
Filteration
Diffusion
Electroplating
2. Graduated glass tube into which gases are placed and subjected to an electric spark; measures the individual volumes of combining gases
Acid salt
Dehydrating agent
Covalent bonding
eudiometer
3. The series of radioactive elements starting with actinium - No. 89 - and ending with lawrencium - No. 103
Dehydrate
Alcohol
Actinide series
Coordinate covalence
4. A unit of heat; the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1 degree on the celcius scale
Chain reaction
Displacement
Calorie
Effusion
5. Referring to a hydroxide that may have either acidic or basic properties - depending on the substance with which it reacts
Ester
Crystalline
Amphoteric
Antichlor
6. A cell in which electrolysis is carried out
erg
Electrolytic cell
Cation
Binary
7. A metallic oxide that forms a base when placed in water
Amino acid
Emulsion
Critical mass
Basic anhydride
8. Covalence in which both electrons in a pair come from the same atom
Fahrenheit scale
Denatured alcohol
Anhydrous
Coordinate covalence
9. Breaking down of a compound into simpler substances or constituent elements
Electronegativity
Covalent bonding
Decomposition
Equilibrium
10. The smallest particle of an element that retains the properties of that element and can enter into a chemical reaction
Endothermic
Avagadro's number
Control rod
Atom
11. Absorbtion by a substance of water from the air - so that the substance becomes wet
Fahrenheit scale
Deliquesence
Atomic number
Ester
12. The average mass of a number; bottom number on the element
Covalent bonding
Bonding
Boiling point
Atomic mass
13. Colloidal substance that forms a film about the particles of two immiscible liquids so that one remains suspended in the other
Ductile
Emulsion
Exothermic
Emulsifying agent
14. The layer of gasses surrounding the earth - A unit of pressure (1 atm = 760mm of Hg or torr)
Acid salt
Alkali
Atmosphere
Electroplating
15. Determines how a substance will behave in a chemical reaction
Double bond
Crystalline
Filteration
Chemical property
16. The breaking down of a compound into two or more simpler substances
Analysis
Exothermic
Emulsifying agent
Anion
17. Chemical reaction that results in the giving off of heat
erg
Electrolytic cell
Exothermic
Electrode potential
18. Containing no water
Amine
Activation energy
Anion
Anhydrous
19. A reaction in which two chemical substances exchange ions with the formation of two new compounds
Amine
Double displacement
Displacement
Electrolysis
20. Nuclear reaction that releases energy because of the splitting of large nuclei into smaller ones
Alkyl
Fission
Condensation
Decomposition
21. A salt formed by replacing part of the hydrogen ions of a dibasic or tribasic acid with metallic ions - Examples: NaHSO4 - NaH2PO4
Acid salt
Compound
Dehydrate
Enthalpy
22. Particles larger than those found in a solution but smaller than those in a suspension
Colloids
Bond energy
Electrode
Energy
23. Substance that - when added to a solution - makes changing the pH of the solution more difficule
Buffer
Atomic number
adsorbtion
Electrolyte
24. The measure of disorder in a system
Entropy
Calorie
Electrolyte
erg
25. A relatively weak force of attraction between polar molecules; a component of van der Waals forces
Dipole-dipole attraction
Activation energy
Alpha particles
Electrode
26. Referring to any substance that has basic properties
distillation
Alkaline
Electronegativity
Dehydrating agent
27. Process of heating an organic substance - such as coal - in the absence of air to break it down into solid and volatile products
distillation
Equation
Destructive distillation
Endothermic
28. Nuclear reactor in which more fissionable material is produced than is used up during operation
Activated Charcoal
Anion
Breeder reactor
Buffer
29. A substance composed of elements chemically united in definite proportions by weight
Basic anhydride
Compound
Electron
Chemical change
30. 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
Actinide series
Avagadro's number
eudiometer
erg
31. An ion or particle that has a negative charge and thus is attracted to a positively charged anode
Equation
Anion
Alkali
Avagadro's number
32. Science concerned with the compositions of substances and the changes that they undergo
chemistry
Atom
Fahrenheit scale
Fixation of nitrogen
33. The number of molecules in 1 gram-molecular volume of a substance - or the number of atoms in 1 gram-atomic mass of an element 6.02 x 10(-27)
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34. 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
Activated Charcoal
Colligative propery
Atomic radius
Coordinate covalence
35. Substance that takes water from another substance
Combustion
Empirical formula
Alloy
Dehydrating agent
36. The rapid escape of excess gas that has been dissolved into a liquid
Calorimeter
Equation
Atom
Effervescence
37. A bond between atoms involving two electron pairs - unsaturated
Double bond
Enthalpy
Catalyst
Electrolyte
38. Referring to a compound composed of two elements such as water
Electron volt
Binary
Chemical change
Empirical formula
39. In metallurgy: a substance that helps to melt and remove the solid impurities as slag
Density
Flux
Alloy
Enthalpy
40. High=speed - negatively charged electrons emitted in radiations
Analysis
Beta particles
Atomic radius
Electron volt
41. Top number on periodic table - The number of protons in the nucleus - The number of electrons in an atom
Electrode
Fission
Electron volt
Atomic number
42. Organic compound containing the -O- group
Amorphous
erg
Ether
Crystallization
43. Suspension of fine particles or droplets of one liquid in another - the two liquids being immiscible in each other; surrounded by an emulsifying agent
Acid
Critical temperature
Cathode
Emulsion
44. Bonding accomplished through the sharing of electrons so that atoms can fill their outer shells
Carbon dating
Bonding
Covalent bonding
Effusion
45. 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
distillation
Bonding
Atmosphere
Analysis
46. The process whereby gases or liquids intermingle freely of their own accord
Denatured alcohol
Control rod
Diffusion
Fission
47. The process of first vaporizing a liquid and then condensing the vapor back into a liquid - leaving behind the nonvolatile impurities
distillation
Amphoteric
Cyclotron
Anion
48. Streams of electrons given off by the cathode of a vacuum tube
Alkaline
Critical mass
Alloy
Cathode rays
49. A terminal of an electrolytic cell
Atomic mass
Anhydrous
Cation
Electrode
50. Shows only the simplest ratio of the number and kids of atoms
Condensation
Empirical formula
Beta particles
Decomposition