chapter 12 basics of chemistry

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

• silicon

• oxygen

• hydrogen

• nitrogen

a substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances without a loss of identity is __________

• a compound

• an ion

• a molecule

• an element

chemically combining two or more atoms in definite proportion 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

• miscible

• 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 or emulsify is____.

• a reducing agent

• a surfactant

• a anion

• a cation

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

• miscible

• immiscible

• lipophilic

• hydrophilic