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SAT Subject Test: Chemistry Vocab
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1. Referring to a hydroxide that may have either acidic or basic properties - depending on the substance with which it reacts
Calorie
Efflorescence
Amphoteric
Dehydrating agent
2. Shows only the simplest ratio of the number and kids of atoms
Alpha particles
Bond energy
Base
Empirical formula
3. The measure of disorder in a system
Energy
Entropy
Coordinate covalence
Allotropic forms
4. Residual radioactivity from an atmospheric nuclear test - eventually settles on the surface of the earth
Fallout
Breeder reactor
Alpha particles
Filteration
5. Graduated glass tube into which gases are placed and subjected to an electric spark; measures the individual volumes of combining gases
Calorie
Destructive distillation
Ductile
eudiometer
6. Determines how a substance will behave in a chemical reaction
Chemical property
Dehydrating agent
Actinide series
eudiometer
7. A. change from gas to liquid B. the combination of molecules without water
Compound
Electrolysis
Atomic mass
Condensation
8. Chemical reaction that results in an absorption of heat
Emulsifying agent
Dehydrating agent
Endothermic
Electroplating
9. Suspension of fine particles or droplets of one liquid in another - the two liquids being immiscible in each other; surrounded by an emulsifying agent
Buffer
Absolute temperature
Fahrenheit scale
Emulsion
10. The rapid escape of excess gas that has been dissolved into a liquid
Coordinate covalence
Effervescence
Dialysis
Ether
11. Referring to any substance that has basic properties
Filteration
Enthalpy
Alkaline
Exothermic
12. The highest temperature at which water vapor condenses out of the air
Electrolysis
Dew point
Filteration
Acidic anhydride
13. The flow of a gas through a small aperture
Electroplating
Esterification
Aromatic compound
Effusion
14. To take water from a substance
Emulsifying agent
Calorimeter
Alkaline
Dehydrate
15. Particles larger than those found in a solution but smaller than those in a suspension
Amorphous
Electron volt
Electroplating
Colloids
16. Positively charged helium nuclei
Alpha particles
Celsius scale
Activated Charcoal
Cathode
17. A terminal of an electrolytic cell
Electrode
Alloy
Alkaline
Dehydrate
18. A temperature scale divided into 100 equal divisions and based on water freezing at 0 degress and boiling at 100 degrees
Celsius scale
Energy
Denatured alcohol
Basic anhydride
19. 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
Atomic radius
Absolute temperature
Electron volt
Base
20. Capacity to do work
Compound
Electron
Efflorescence
Energy
21. 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
Electrode potential
distillation
Dehydrating agent
Atomic radius
22. Usually - a strong base - such as Sodium hydroxide - potassium hydroxide
Endothermic
Double bond
Alkali
Buffer
23. The process whereby gases or liquids intermingle freely of their own accord
Diffusion
Cyclotron
Boiling point
Fallout
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
Electron volt
Cyclotron
Actinide series
Avagadro's number
25. An instrument used to measure the amount of heat liberated or absorbed during a change
Chemical change
Calorimeter
Anhydrous
Cyclotron
26. One of the building blacks matter is composed of - only one type of atom; cannot be further decomposed
Alcohol
Crystallization
Element
Endothermic
27. A bond between atoms involving two electron pairs - unsaturated
Double bond
Alcohol
Antichlor
Covalent bonding
28. A device used to accelerate charged particles to high energies for bombarding the nuclei of atoms
Bonding
Cyclotron
Equation
Barometer
29. A substance composed of two or more metals - which are intimately mixed; usually made by melting the metals together
Efflorescence
Analysis
Alloy
Activated Charcoal
30. Streams of electrons given off by the cathode of a vacuum tube
Cathode rays
Anhydride
Beta particles
Electron volt
31. 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
Critical temperature
Chain reaction
Electron volt
Alkyl
32. A change by which an element takes the place of another element in a compound
Deuterium
Displacement
Emulsifying agent
Atomic radius
33. Organic compound containing the -O- group
Ether
Absolute temperature
Atomic mass
Calorie
34. Process for converting atmospheric nitrogen into compounds
Atomic radius
Fixation of nitrogen
Fahrenheit scale
Dipole-dipole attraction
35. Organic compound formed by dehydrating oxidized alcohol; contains the characteristic - CHO group
Aldehyde
Crystallization
Alkali
Anion
36. Isotope of hydrogen - sometimes called heavy hydrogen - with an atomic weight of 2
Denatured alcohol
Diffusion
Deuterium
Filteration
37. Referring to a compound composed of two elements such as water
Chemical change
Dipole-dipole attraction
Acidic anhydride
Binary
38. An ion or particle that has a negative charge and thus is attracted to a positively charged anode
Acidic anhydride
Double bond
Anion
Fahrenheit scale
39. The point in a reversible reaction at which the forward reaction is occurring at the same rate as the opposing reaction
Colloids
eudiometer
Equilibrium
Combustion
40. Temperature measured on the absolute scale - which has its origin at absolute zero
Aromatic compound
Crystallization
Absolute temperature
Bonding
41. The process of separating the ions in a compound by means of electrically charged poles
Dry ice
Amine
Ductile
Electrolysis
42. 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
Antichlor
Dipole-dipole attraction
Acid
Boiling point
43. Chemical reaction that results in the giving off of heat
Activated Charcoal
Denatured alcohol
Compound
Exothermic
44. A nonmetallic oxide that - when placed in water - reacts to form an an acid solution
Acidic anhydride
Barometer
Avagadro's number
Atomic radius
45. Science concerned with the compositions of substances and the changes that they undergo
Diffusion
Acid
Amine
chemistry
46. The process by which suspended matter is removed from a liquid by passing the liquid through a porous material
Filteration
Fission
Colloids
Celsius scale
47. The breaking down of a compound into two or more simpler substances
Analysis
Carbon dating
Dehydrating agent
Electrolyte
48. Continuous zigzagging movement of colloidal particles in a dispersing medium - as viewed through and ultramicroscope
Denatured alcohol
Avagadro's number
Brownian movement
Amphoteric
49. Breaking down of a compound into simpler substances or constituent elements
Decomposition
Equation
Electrode potential
Double displacement
50. An instrument - invented by Toricelli in 1643 - used for measuring atmospheric pressure
Barometer
Condensation
Antichlor
Atomic number