Chapter 4 Part 1

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chemistry

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the study of the makeup, structure, and properties of substances and the changes that occur to them; the study of matter

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element

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a substance that contains only one kind of atom

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compound

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a substance in which two or more elements have chemically combined

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pure substance

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matter in which all the basic units are the same

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organic compounds

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a substance containing chains or rings of carbon

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inorganic compounds

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a substance containing either no carbon or having only a single carbon atom

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mixture

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two or more substances that are physically combined but not chemically combined

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homogeneous mixture

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a mixture with a uniform distribution of particles throughout the sample

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heterogeneous mixture

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a mixture with a nonuniform distribution of particles

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solution

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a homogeneous mixture of one material dissolved in another