CH 12 Basics of Chemistry Exam Review Book

Inorganic chemistry is the study of substances that do not contain the element carbon, but may contain which element?

• Silicone

• Oxygen

• Hydrogen

• Nitrogen

A substance that cannot be broken down into similar substances without a loss of identity is ____.

• a compound

• an ion

• a molecule

• an element

Chemically combining two or more atoms in definite proportions forms_____.

• an acid

• a molecule

• a mixture

• a solvent

A(n) _____ is a stable physical mixture of two or more substances in a solvent.

• solution

• emulsion

• compound

• element

A(n) _____ is a substance dissolved into a solution

• solvent

• alkali

• solute

• acid

Liquids that are not capable of being mixed together to form stable solutions are considered______.

• emulsions

• suspensions

• misicible

• immiscible

Unstable physical mixtures of undissolved particles in a liquid are ______.

• suspensions

• mixtures

• solutes

• emulsions

An unstable physical mixture of two or more immiscible substances plus a special ingredient is _____.

• a suspension

• an emulsion

• a mixture

• a solution

A substance that allows oil and water to mix and emulsify is _____.

• a reducing agent

• a surfactant

• an anion

• a cation

A tail of a surfactant molecule is oil-loving or _____.

• misicble

• immiscible

• lipophilic

• hydrophilic